The crystal structure described by MgFe8(O7F)2 crystallizes in the triclinic P1 space group. Mg(1) is bonded to one O(1), one O(11), one O(2), one O(3), one O(6), and one F(1) atom to form MgO5F octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Fe(1)O5F octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Fe(2)O5F octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Fe(8)O5F octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Fe(7)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Fe(6)O4F square pyramid,  a cornercorner with one Fe(4)O5 square pyramid,  a cornercorner with one Fe(5)O5 square pyramid,  a cornercorner with one Fe(3)O4F trigonal bipyramid,  a faceface with one Fe(1)O5F octahedra, and  a faceface with one Fe(8)O5F octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 40-50°. There are eight inequivalent Fe sites. In the first Fe site, Fe(1) is bonded to one O(1), one O(10), one O(2), one O(3), one O(5), and one F(1) atom to form distorted FeO5F octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Mg(1)O5F octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Fe(6)O4F square pyramid,  a cornercorner with one Fe(4)O5 square pyramid,  a cornercorner with one Fe(5)O5 square pyramid, corners with two equivalent Fe(3)O4F trigonal bipyramids,  an edgeedge with one Fe(2)O5F octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Fe(8)O5F octahedra, and  a faceface with one Mg(1)O5F octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 50°. In the second Fe site, Fe(2) is bonded to one O(10), one O(12), one O(3), one O(4), one O(7), and one F(2) atom to form FeO5F octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Mg(1)O5F octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Fe(5)O5 square pyramid, corners with two equivalent Fe(6)O4F square pyramids, corners with two equivalent Fe(4)O5 square pyramids, corners with two equivalent Fe(3)O4F trigonal bipyramids,  an edgeedge with one Fe(1)O5F octahedra, and  an edgeedge with one Fe(7)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 46°. In the third Fe site, Fe(3) is bonded to one O(1), one O(4), one O(5), one O(8), and one F(2) atom to form distorted FeO4F trigonal bipyramids that share  a cornercorner with one Mg(1)O5F octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Fe(8)O5F octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Fe(7)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Fe(1)O5F octahedra, corners with two equivalent Fe(2)O5F octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Fe(6)O4F square pyramid, and  an edgeedge with one Fe(5)O5 square pyramid. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 46-66°. In the fourth Fe site, Fe(4) is bonded to one O(10), one O(14), one O(6), one O(7), and one O(9) atom to form distorted FeO5 square pyramids that share  a cornercorner with one Mg(1)O5F octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Fe(1)O5F octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Fe(8)O5F octahedra, corners with two equivalent Fe(2)O5F octahedra, corners with two equivalent Fe(7)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Fe(6)O4F square pyramid, and  an edgeedge with one Fe(5)O5 square pyramid. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 42-73°. In the fifth Fe site, Fe(5) is bonded to one O(12), one O(5), one O(6), one O(8), and one O(9) atom to form distorted FeO5 square pyramids that share  a cornercorner with one Mg(1)O5F octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Fe(1)O5F octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Fe(2)O5F octahedra, corners with two equivalent Fe(8)O5F octahedra, corners with two equivalent Fe(7)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Fe(4)O5 square pyramid, and  an edgeedge with one Fe(3)O4F trigonal bipyramid. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 44-70°. In the sixth Fe site, Fe(6) is bonded to one O(1), one O(13), one O(14), one O(7), and one F(2) atom to form distorted FeO4F square pyramids that share  a cornercorner with one Mg(1)O5F octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Fe(1)O5F octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Fe(8)O5F octahedra, corners with two equivalent Fe(2)O5F octahedra, corners with two equivalent Fe(7)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Fe(4)O5 square pyramid, and  an edgeedge with one Fe(3)O4F trigonal bipyramid. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 45-75°. In the seventh Fe site, Fe(7) is bonded to one O(11), one O(12), one O(13), one O(14), one O(4), and one O(9) atom to form FeO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Mg(1)O5F octahedra, corners with two equivalent Fe(6)O4F square pyramids, corners with two equivalent Fe(4)O5 square pyramids, corners with two equivalent Fe(5)O5 square pyramids,  a cornercorner with one Fe(3)O4F trigonal bipyramid,  an edgeedge with one Fe(2)O5F octahedra, and  an edgeedge with one Fe(8)O5F octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 40°. In the eighth Fe site, Fe(8) is bonded to one O(11), one O(13), one O(2), one O(6), one O(8), and one F(1) atom to form distorted FeO5F octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Mg(1)O5F octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Fe(6)O4F square pyramid,  a cornercorner with one Fe(4)O5 square pyramid, corners with two equivalent Fe(5)O5 square pyramids,  a cornercorner with one Fe(3)O4F trigonal bipyramid,  an edgeedge with one Fe(1)O5F octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Fe(7)O6 octahedra, and  a faceface with one Mg(1)O5F octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 50°. There are fourteen inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O(1) is bonded to one Mg(1), one Fe(1), one Fe(3), and one Fe(6) atom to form distorted corner-sharing OMgFe3 tetrahedra. In the second O site, O(2) is bonded in a distorted T-shaped geometry to one Mg(1), one Fe(1), and one Fe(8) atom. In the third O site, O(3) is bonded in a T-shaped geometry to one Mg(1), one Fe(1), and one Fe(2) atom. In the fourth O site, O(4) is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to one Fe(2), one Fe(3), and one Fe(7) atom. In the fifth O site, O(5) is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to one Fe(1), one Fe(3), and one Fe(5) atom. In the sixth O site, O(6) is bonded to one Mg(1), one Fe(4), one Fe(5), and one Fe(8) atom to form distorted corner-sharing OMgFe3 tetrahedra. In the seventh O site, O(7) is bonded in a trigonal planar geometry to one Fe(2), one Fe(4), and one Fe(6) atom. In the eighth O site, O(8) is bonded in a trigonal planar geometry to one Fe(3), one Fe(5), and one Fe(8) atom. In the ninth O site, O(9) is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to one Fe(4), one Fe(5), and one Fe(7) atom. In the tenth O site, O(10) is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to one Fe(1), one Fe(2), and one Fe(4) atom. In the eleventh O site, O(11) is bonded in a T-shaped geometry to one Mg(1), one Fe(7), and one Fe(8) atom. In the twelfth O site, O(12) is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to one Fe(2), one Fe(5), and one Fe(7) atom. In the thirteenth O site, O(13) is bonded in a distorted T-shaped geometry to one Fe(6), one Fe(7), and one Fe(8) atom. In the fourteenth O site, O(14) is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to one Fe(4), one Fe(6), and one Fe(7) atom. There are two inequivalent F sites. In the first F site, F(1) is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to one Mg(1), one Fe(1), and one Fe(8) atom. In the second F site, F(2) is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to one Fe(2), one Fe(3), and one Fe(6) atom. is represented by the CIF file [CIF]
data_MgFe8(O7F)2
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   7.290
_cell_length_b   8.063
_cell_length_c   5.760
_cell_angle_alpha   114.314
_cell_angle_beta   108.795
_cell_angle_gamma   83.070
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   292.048
_cell_formula_units_Z   1
loop_
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loop_
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  Mg  Mg0  1  0.870  0.363  0.234  1.0
  Fe  Fe1  1  0.735  0.223  0.524  1.0
  Fe  Fe2  1  0.519  0.990  0.993  1.0
  Fe  Fe3  1  0.268  0.203  0.557  1.0
  Fe  Fe4  1  0.733  0.781  0.471  1.0
  Fe  Fe5  1  0.478  0.547  0.961  1.0
  Fe  Fe6  1  0.006  0.952  0.017  1.0
  Fe  Fe7  1  0.235  0.751  0.496  1.0
  Fe  Fe8  1  0.015  0.511  0.978  1.0
  O  O9  1  0.992  0.161  0.352  1.0
  O  O10  1  0.914  0.273  0.868  1.0
  O  O11  1  0.610  0.232  0.171  1.0
  O  O12  1  0.336  0.010  0.680  1.0
  O  O13  1  0.517  0.330  0.668  1.0
  O  O14  1  0.752  0.585  0.141  1.0
  O  O15  1  0.730  0.912  0.825  1.0
  O  O16  1  0.232  0.434  0.834  1.0
  O  O17  1  0.475  0.679  0.328  1.0
  O  O18  1  0.659  0.970  0.328  1.0
  O  O19  1  0.128  0.504  0.318  1.0
  O  O20  1  0.415  0.746  0.835  1.0
  O  O21  1  0.082  0.762  0.141  1.0
  O  O22  1  0.004  0.831  0.638  1.0
  F  F23  1  0.833  0.496  0.609  1.0
  F  F24  1  0.276  0.070  0.168  1.0
[/CIF]
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The crystal structure described by MgFe8(O7F)2 crystallizes in the triclinic P1 space group. Mg(1) is bonded to one O(1), one O(11), one O(2), one O(3), one O(6), and one F(1) atom to form MgO5F octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Fe(1)O5F octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Fe(2)O5F octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Fe(8)O5F octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Fe(7)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Fe(6)O4F square pyramid,  a cornercorner with one Fe(4)O5 square pyramid,  a cornercorner with one Fe(5)O5 square pyramid,  a cornercorner with one Fe(3)O4F trigonal bipyramid,  a faceface with one Fe(1)O5F octahedra, and  a faceface with one Fe(8)O5F octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 40-50°. There are eight inequivalent Fe sites. In the first Fe site, Fe(1) is bonded to one O(1), one O(10), one O(2), one O(3), one O(5), and one F(1) atom to form distorted FeO5F octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Mg(1)O5F octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Fe(6)O4F square pyramid,  a cornercorner with one Fe(4)O5 square pyramid,  a cornercorner with one Fe(5)O5 square pyramid, corners with two equivalent Fe(3)O4F trigonal bipyramids,  an edgeedge with one Fe(2)O5F octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Fe(8)O5F octahedra, and  a faceface with one Mg(1)O5F octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 50°. In the second Fe site, Fe(2) is bonded to one O(10), one O(12), one O(3), one O(4), one O(7), and one F(2) atom to form FeO5F octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Mg(1)O5F octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Fe(5)O5 square pyramid, corners with two equivalent Fe(6)O4F square pyramids, corners with two equivalent Fe(4)O5 square pyramids, corners with two equivalent Fe(3)O4F trigonal bipyramids,  an edgeedge with one Fe(1)O5F octahedra, and  an edgeedge with one Fe(7)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 46°. In the third Fe site, Fe(3) is bonded to one O(1), one O(4), one O(5), one O(8), and one F(2) atom to form distorted FeO4F trigonal bipyramids that share  a cornercorner with one Mg(1)O5F octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Fe(8)O5F octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Fe(7)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Fe(1)O5F octahedra, corners with two equivalent Fe(2)O5F octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Fe(6)O4F square pyramid, and  an edgeedge with one Fe(5)O5 square pyramid. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 46-66°. In the fourth Fe site, Fe(4) is bonded to one O(10), one O(14), one O(6), one O(7), and one O(9) atom to form distorted FeO5 square pyramids that share  a cornercorner with one Mg(1)O5F octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Fe(1)O5F octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Fe(8)O5F octahedra, corners with two equivalent Fe(2)O5F octahedra, corners with two equivalent Fe(7)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Fe(6)O4F square pyramid, and  an edgeedge with one Fe(5)O5 square pyramid. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 42-73°. In the fifth Fe site, Fe(5) is bonded to one O(12), one O(5), one O(6), one O(8), and one O(9) atom to form distorted FeO5 square pyramids that share  a cornercorner with one Mg(1)O5F octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Fe(1)O5F octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Fe(2)O5F octahedra, corners with two equivalent Fe(8)O5F octahedra, corners with two equivalent Fe(7)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Fe(4)O5 square pyramid, and  an edgeedge with one Fe(3)O4F trigonal bipyramid. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 44-70°. In the sixth Fe site, Fe(6) is bonded to one O(1), one O(13), one O(14), one O(7), and one F(2) atom to form distorted FeO4F square pyramids that share  a cornercorner with one Mg(1)O5F octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Fe(1)O5F octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Fe(8)O5F octahedra, corners with two equivalent Fe(2)O5F octahedra, corners with two equivalent Fe(7)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Fe(4)O5 square pyramid, and  an edgeedge with one Fe(3)O4F trigonal bipyramid. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 45-75°. In the seventh Fe site, Fe(7) is bonded to one O(11), one O(12), one O(13), one O(14), one O(4), and one O(9) atom to form FeO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Mg(1)O5F octahedra, corners with two equivalent Fe(6)O4F square pyramids, corners with two equivalent Fe(4)O5 square pyramids, corners with two equivalent Fe(5)O5 square pyramids,  a cornercorner with one Fe(3)O4F trigonal bipyramid,  an edgeedge with one Fe(2)O5F octahedra, and  an edgeedge with one Fe(8)O5F octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 40°. In the eighth Fe site, Fe(8) is bonded to one O(11), one O(13), one O(2), one O(6), one O(8), and one F(1) atom to form distorted FeO5F octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Mg(1)O5F octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Fe(6)O4F square pyramid,  a cornercorner with one Fe(4)O5 square pyramid, corners with two equivalent Fe(5)O5 square pyramids,  a cornercorner with one Fe(3)O4F trigonal bipyramid,  an edgeedge with one Fe(1)O5F octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Fe(7)O6 octahedra, and  a faceface with one Mg(1)O5F octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 50°. There are fourteen inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O(1) is bonded to one Mg(1), one Fe(1), one Fe(3), and one Fe(6) atom to form distorted corner-sharing OMgFe3 tetrahedra. In the second O site, O(2) is bonded in a distorted T-shaped geometry to one Mg(1), one Fe(1), and one Fe(8) atom. In the third O site, O(3) is bonded in a T-shaped geometry to one Mg(1), one Fe(1), and one Fe(2) atom. In the fourth O site, O(4) is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to one Fe(2), one Fe(3), and one Fe(7) atom. In the fifth O site, O(5) is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to one Fe(1), one Fe(3), and one Fe(5) atom. In the sixth O site, O(6) is bonded to one Mg(1), one Fe(4), one Fe(5), and one Fe(8) atom to form distorted corner-sharing OMgFe3 tetrahedra. In the seventh O site, O(7) is bonded in a trigonal planar geometry to one Fe(2), one Fe(4), and one Fe(6) atom. In the eighth O site, O(8) is bonded in a trigonal planar geometry to one Fe(3), one Fe(5), and one Fe(8) atom. In the ninth O site, O(9) is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to one Fe(4), one Fe(5), and one Fe(7) atom. In the tenth O site, O(10) is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to one Fe(1), one Fe(2), and one Fe(4) atom. In the eleventh O site, O(11) is bonded in a T-shaped geometry to one Mg(1), one Fe(7), and one Fe(8) atom. In the twelfth O site, O(12) is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to one Fe(2), one Fe(5), and one Fe(7) atom. In the thirteenth O site, O(13) is bonded in a distorted T-shaped geometry to one Fe(6), one Fe(7), and one Fe(8) atom. In the fourteenth O site, O(14) is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to one Fe(4), one Fe(6), and one Fe(7) atom. There are two inequivalent F sites. In the first F site, F(1) is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to one Mg(1), one Fe(1), and one Fe(8) atom. In the second F site, F(2) is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to one Fe(2), one Fe(3), and one Fe(6) atom. is represented by the CIF file [CIF]
data_MgFe8(O7F)2
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   7.290
_cell_length_b   8.063
_cell_length_c   5.760
_cell_angle_alpha   114.314
_cell_angle_beta   108.795
_cell_angle_gamma   83.070
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   292.048
_cell_formula_units_Z   1
loop_
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loop_
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  Mg  Mg0  1  0.870  0.363  0.234  1.0
  Fe  Fe1  1  0.735  0.223  0.524  1.0
  Fe  Fe2  1  0.519  0.990  0.993  1.0
  Fe  Fe3  1  0.268  0.203  0.557  1.0
  Fe  Fe4  1  0.733  0.781  0.471  1.0
  Fe  Fe5  1  0.478  0.547  0.961  1.0
  Fe  Fe6  1  0.006  0.952  0.017  1.0
  Fe  Fe7  1  0.235  0.751  0.496  1.0
  Fe  Fe8  1  0.015  0.511  0.978  1.0
  O  O9  1  0.992  0.161  0.352  1.0
  O  O10  1  0.914  0.273  0.868  1.0
  O  O11  1  0.610  0.232  0.171  1.0
  O  O12  1  0.336  0.010  0.680  1.0
  O  O13  1  0.517  0.330  0.668  1.0
  O  O14  1  0.752  0.585  0.141  1.0
  O  O15  1  0.730  0.912  0.825  1.0
  O  O16  1  0.232  0.434  0.834  1.0
  O  O17  1  0.475  0.679  0.328  1.0
  O  O18  1  0.659  0.970  0.328  1.0
  O  O19  1  0.128  0.504  0.318  1.0
  O  O20  1  0.415  0.746  0.835  1.0
  O  O21  1  0.082  0.762  0.141  1.0
  O  O22  1  0.004  0.831  0.638  1.0
  F  F23  1  0.833  0.496  0.609  1.0
  F  F24  1  0.276  0.070  0.168  1.0
[/CIF]
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