The structure described by Dy3CrS6 crystallizes in the orthorhombic Pnnm space group. There are three inequivalent Dy sites. In the first Dy site, Dy(1) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to one S(4), one S(6), two equivalent S(1), two equivalent S(2), and two equivalent S(5) atoms. In the second Dy site, Dy(2) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to one S(4), one S(5), two equivalent S(2), two equivalent S(3), and two equivalent S(6) atoms. In the third Dy site, Dy(3) is bonded to one S(1), one S(2), one S(4), two equivalent S(3), and two equivalent S(5) atoms to form distorted DyS7 pentagonal bipyramids that share  a cornercorner with one Cr(2)S6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Cr(1)S6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Dy(3)S7 pentagonal bipyramids. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 34°. There are two inequivalent Cr sites. In the first Cr site, Cr(1) is bonded to two equivalent S(3) and four equivalent S(4) atoms to form CrS6 octahedra that share edges with two equivalent Cr(1)S6 octahedra and edges with four equivalent Dy(3)S7 pentagonal bipyramids. In the second Cr site, Cr(2) is bonded to two equivalent S(1) and four equivalent S(6) atoms to form CrS6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Dy(3)S7 pentagonal bipyramids and edges with two equivalent Cr(2)S6 octahedra. There are six inequivalent S sites. In the first S site, S(5) is bonded to one Dy(2), two equivalent Dy(1), and two equivalent Dy(3) atoms to form distorted SDy5 trigonal bipyramids that share  a cornercorner with one S(4)Dy3Cr2 trigonal bipyramid, corners with two equivalent S(2)Dy5 trigonal bipyramids, corners with four equivalent S(3)Dy4Cr trigonal bipyramids, corners with four equivalent S(1)Dy3Cr trigonal pyramids,  an edgeedge with one S(3)Dy4Cr trigonal bipyramid, edges with two equivalent S(4)Dy3Cr2 trigonal bipyramids, edges with two equivalent S(6)Dy3Cr2 trigonal bipyramids, edges with two equivalent S(5)Dy5 trigonal bipyramids, edges with three equivalent S(2)Dy5 trigonal bipyramids, and  an edgeedge with one S(1)Dy3Cr trigonal pyramid. In the second S site, S(6) is bonded to one Dy(1), two equivalent Dy(2), and two equivalent Cr(2) atoms to form distorted SDy3Cr2 trigonal bipyramids that share corners with two equivalent S(6)Dy3Cr2 trigonal bipyramids, corners with two equivalent S(3)Dy4Cr trigonal bipyramids, corners with three equivalent S(4)Dy3Cr2 trigonal bipyramids, corners with four equivalent S(2)Dy5 trigonal bipyramids, corners with two equivalent S(1)Dy3Cr trigonal pyramids,  an edgeedge with one S(3)Dy4Cr trigonal bipyramid,  an edgeedge with one S(2)Dy5 trigonal bipyramid, edges with two equivalent S(5)Dy5 trigonal bipyramids, edges with three equivalent S(6)Dy3Cr2 trigonal bipyramids, and edges with two equivalent S(1)Dy3Cr trigonal pyramids. In the third S site, S(1) is bonded to one Dy(3), two equivalent Dy(1), and one Cr(2) atom to form distorted SDy3Cr trigonal pyramids that share corners with two equivalent S(6)Dy3Cr2 trigonal bipyramids, corners with two equivalent S(3)Dy4Cr trigonal bipyramids, corners with two equivalent S(2)Dy5 trigonal bipyramids, corners with three equivalent S(4)Dy3Cr2 trigonal bipyramids, corners with four equivalent S(5)Dy5 trigonal bipyramids, corners with three equivalent S(1)Dy3Cr trigonal pyramids,  an edgeedge with one S(5)Dy5 trigonal bipyramid, edges with two equivalent S(6)Dy3Cr2 trigonal bipyramids, and  a faceface with one S(2)Dy5 trigonal bipyramid. In the fourth S site, S(2) is bonded to one Dy(3), two equivalent Dy(1), and two equivalent Dy(2) atoms to form distorted SDy5 trigonal bipyramids that share  a cornercorner with one S(4)Dy3Cr2 trigonal bipyramid, corners with two equivalent S(5)Dy5 trigonal bipyramids, corners with four equivalent S(6)Dy3Cr2 trigonal bipyramids, corners with four equivalent S(3)Dy4Cr trigonal bipyramids, corners with two equivalent S(1)Dy3Cr trigonal pyramids,  an edgeedge with one S(6)Dy3Cr2 trigonal bipyramid,  an edgeedge with one S(3)Dy4Cr trigonal bipyramid, edges with two equivalent S(4)Dy3Cr2 trigonal bipyramids, edges with two equivalent S(2)Dy5 trigonal bipyramids, edges with three equivalent S(5)Dy5 trigonal bipyramids, and  a faceface with one S(1)Dy3Cr trigonal pyramid. In the fifth S site, S(3) is bonded to two equivalent Dy(2), two equivalent Dy(3), and one Cr(1) atom to form distorted SDy4Cr trigonal bipyramids that share  a cornercorner with one S(3)Dy4Cr trigonal bipyramid, corners with two equivalent S(6)Dy3Cr2 trigonal bipyramids, corners with four equivalent S(2)Dy5 trigonal bipyramids, corners with four equivalent S(5)Dy5 trigonal bipyramids, corners with two equivalent S(1)Dy3Cr trigonal pyramids,  an edgeedge with one S(6)Dy3Cr2 trigonal bipyramid,  an edgeedge with one S(2)Dy5 trigonal bipyramid,  an edgeedge with one S(5)Dy5 trigonal bipyramid, edges with two equivalent S(3)Dy4Cr trigonal bipyramids, and edges with four equivalent S(4)Dy3Cr2 trigonal bipyramids. In the sixth S site, S(4) is bonded to one Dy(1), one Dy(2), one Dy(3), and two equivalent Cr(1) atoms to form distorted SDy3Cr2 trigonal bipyramids that share  a cornercorner with one S(2)Dy5 trigonal bipyramid,  a cornercorner with one S(5)Dy5 trigonal bipyramid, corners with three equivalent S(6)Dy3Cr2 trigonal bipyramids, corners with four equivalent S(4)Dy3Cr2 trigonal bipyramids, corners with three equivalent S(1)Dy3Cr trigonal pyramids,  an edgeedge with one S(4)Dy3Cr2 trigonal bipyramid, edges with two equivalent S(2)Dy5 trigonal bipyramids, edges with two equivalent S(5)Dy5 trigonal bipyramids, and edges with four equivalent S(3)Dy4Cr trigonal bipyramids. is represented by the CIF card [CIF]
data_Dy3CrS6
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   3.763
_cell_length_b   13.291
_cell_length_c   15.932
_cell_angle_alpha   90.000
_cell_angle_beta   90.000
_cell_angle_gamma   90.000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   796.757
_cell_formula_units_Z   4
loop_
 _symmetry_equiv_pos_site_id
 _symmetry_equiv_pos_as_xyz
  1  'x, y, z'
loop_
 _atom_site_type_symbol
 _atom_site_label
 _atom_site_symmetry_multiplicity
 _atom_site_fract_x
 _atom_site_fract_y
 _atom_site_fract_z
 _atom_site_occupancy
  Dy  Dy0  1  0.000  0.549  0.279  1.0
  Dy  Dy1  1  0.000  0.451  0.721  1.0
  Dy  Dy2  1  0.500  0.951  0.779  1.0
  Dy  Dy3  1  0.500  0.049  0.221  1.0
  Dy  Dy4  1  0.000  0.757  0.099  1.0
  Dy  Dy5  1  0.000  0.243  0.901  1.0
  Dy  Dy6  1  0.500  0.743  0.599  1.0
  Dy  Dy7  1  0.500  0.257  0.401  1.0
  Dy  Dy8  1  0.000  0.318  0.147  1.0
  Dy  Dy9  1  0.000  0.682  0.853  1.0
  Dy  Dy10  1  0.500  0.182  0.647  1.0
  Dy  Dy11  1  0.500  0.818  0.353  1.0
  Cr  Cr12  1  0.000  0.000  0.500  1.0
  Cr  Cr13  1  0.500  0.500  0.000  1.0
  Cr  Cr14  1  0.000  0.000  0.000  1.0
  Cr  Cr15  1  0.500  0.500  0.500  1.0
  S  S16  1  0.000  0.120  0.109  1.0
  S  S17  1  0.000  0.880  0.891  1.0
  S  S18  1  0.500  0.380  0.609  1.0
  S  S19  1  0.500  0.620  0.391  1.0
  S  S20  1  0.000  0.188  0.290  1.0
  S  S21  1  0.000  0.812  0.710  1.0
  S  S22  1  0.500  0.312  0.790  1.0
  S  S23  1  0.500  0.688  0.210  1.0
  S  S24  1  0.000  0.180  0.520  1.0
  S  S25  1  0.000  0.820  0.480  1.0
  S  S26  1  0.500  0.320  0.020  1.0
  S  S27  1  0.500  0.680  0.980  1.0
  S  S28  1  0.000  0.521  0.098  1.0
  S  S29  1  0.000  0.479  0.902  1.0
  S  S30  1  0.500  0.979  0.598  1.0
  S  S31  1  0.500  0.021  0.402  1.0
  S  S32  1  0.000  0.104  0.753  1.0
  S  S33  1  0.000  0.896  0.247  1.0
  S  S34  1  0.500  0.396  0.253  1.0
  S  S35  1  0.500  0.604  0.747  1.0
  S  S36  1  0.000  0.417  0.425  1.0
  S  S37  1  0.000  0.583  0.575  1.0
  S  S38  1  0.500  0.083  0.925  1.0
  S  S39  1  0.500  0.917  0.075  1.0
[/CIF]
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The structure described by Dy3CrS6 crystallizes in the orthorhombic Pnnm space group. There are three inequivalent Dy sites. In the first Dy site, Dy(1) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to one S(4), one S(6), two equivalent S(1), two equivalent S(2), and two equivalent S(5) atoms. In the second Dy site, Dy(2) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to one S(4), one S(5), two equivalent S(2), two equivalent S(3), and two equivalent S(6) atoms. In the third Dy site, Dy(3) is bonded to one S(1), one S(2), one S(4), two equivalent S(3), and two equivalent S(5) atoms to form distorted DyS7 pentagonal bipyramids that share  a cornercorner with one Cr(2)S6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Cr(1)S6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Dy(3)S7 pentagonal bipyramids. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 34°. There are two inequivalent Cr sites. In the first Cr site, Cr(1) is bonded to two equivalent S(3) and four equivalent S(4) atoms to form CrS6 octahedra that share edges with two equivalent Cr(1)S6 octahedra and edges with four equivalent Dy(3)S7 pentagonal bipyramids. In the second Cr site, Cr(2) is bonded to two equivalent S(1) and four equivalent S(6) atoms to form CrS6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Dy(3)S7 pentagonal bipyramids and edges with two equivalent Cr(2)S6 octahedra. There are six inequivalent S sites. In the first S site, S(5) is bonded to one Dy(2), two equivalent Dy(1), and two equivalent Dy(3) atoms to form distorted SDy5 trigonal bipyramids that share  a cornercorner with one S(4)Dy3Cr2 trigonal bipyramid, corners with two equivalent S(2)Dy5 trigonal bipyramids, corners with four equivalent S(3)Dy4Cr trigonal bipyramids, corners with four equivalent S(1)Dy3Cr trigonal pyramids,  an edgeedge with one S(3)Dy4Cr trigonal bipyramid, edges with two equivalent S(4)Dy3Cr2 trigonal bipyramids, edges with two equivalent S(6)Dy3Cr2 trigonal bipyramids, edges with two equivalent S(5)Dy5 trigonal bipyramids, edges with three equivalent S(2)Dy5 trigonal bipyramids, and  an edgeedge with one S(1)Dy3Cr trigonal pyramid. In the second S site, S(6) is bonded to one Dy(1), two equivalent Dy(2), and two equivalent Cr(2) atoms to form distorted SDy3Cr2 trigonal bipyramids that share corners with two equivalent S(6)Dy3Cr2 trigonal bipyramids, corners with two equivalent S(3)Dy4Cr trigonal bipyramids, corners with three equivalent S(4)Dy3Cr2 trigonal bipyramids, corners with four equivalent S(2)Dy5 trigonal bipyramids, corners with two equivalent S(1)Dy3Cr trigonal pyramids,  an edgeedge with one S(3)Dy4Cr trigonal bipyramid,  an edgeedge with one S(2)Dy5 trigonal bipyramid, edges with two equivalent S(5)Dy5 trigonal bipyramids, edges with three equivalent S(6)Dy3Cr2 trigonal bipyramids, and edges with two equivalent S(1)Dy3Cr trigonal pyramids. In the third S site, S(1) is bonded to one Dy(3), two equivalent Dy(1), and one Cr(2) atom to form distorted SDy3Cr trigonal pyramids that share corners with two equivalent S(6)Dy3Cr2 trigonal bipyramids, corners with two equivalent S(3)Dy4Cr trigonal bipyramids, corners with two equivalent S(2)Dy5 trigonal bipyramids, corners with three equivalent S(4)Dy3Cr2 trigonal bipyramids, corners with four equivalent S(5)Dy5 trigonal bipyramids, corners with three equivalent S(1)Dy3Cr trigonal pyramids,  an edgeedge with one S(5)Dy5 trigonal bipyramid, edges with two equivalent S(6)Dy3Cr2 trigonal bipyramids, and  a faceface with one S(2)Dy5 trigonal bipyramid. In the fourth S site, S(2) is bonded to one Dy(3), two equivalent Dy(1), and two equivalent Dy(2) atoms to form distorted SDy5 trigonal bipyramids that share  a cornercorner with one S(4)Dy3Cr2 trigonal bipyramid, corners with two equivalent S(5)Dy5 trigonal bipyramids, corners with four equivalent S(6)Dy3Cr2 trigonal bipyramids, corners with four equivalent S(3)Dy4Cr trigonal bipyramids, corners with two equivalent S(1)Dy3Cr trigonal pyramids,  an edgeedge with one S(6)Dy3Cr2 trigonal bipyramid,  an edgeedge with one S(3)Dy4Cr trigonal bipyramid, edges with two equivalent S(4)Dy3Cr2 trigonal bipyramids, edges with two equivalent S(2)Dy5 trigonal bipyramids, edges with three equivalent S(5)Dy5 trigonal bipyramids, and  a faceface with one S(1)Dy3Cr trigonal pyramid. In the fifth S site, S(3) is bonded to two equivalent Dy(2), two equivalent Dy(3), and one Cr(1) atom to form distorted SDy4Cr trigonal bipyramids that share  a cornercorner with one S(3)Dy4Cr trigonal bipyramid, corners with two equivalent S(6)Dy3Cr2 trigonal bipyramids, corners with four equivalent S(2)Dy5 trigonal bipyramids, corners with four equivalent S(5)Dy5 trigonal bipyramids, corners with two equivalent S(1)Dy3Cr trigonal pyramids,  an edgeedge with one S(6)Dy3Cr2 trigonal bipyramid,  an edgeedge with one S(2)Dy5 trigonal bipyramid,  an edgeedge with one S(5)Dy5 trigonal bipyramid, edges with two equivalent S(3)Dy4Cr trigonal bipyramids, and edges with four equivalent S(4)Dy3Cr2 trigonal bipyramids. In the sixth S site, S(4) is bonded to one Dy(1), one Dy(2), one Dy(3), and two equivalent Cr(1) atoms to form distorted SDy3Cr2 trigonal bipyramids that share  a cornercorner with one S(2)Dy5 trigonal bipyramid,  a cornercorner with one S(5)Dy5 trigonal bipyramid, corners with three equivalent S(6)Dy3Cr2 trigonal bipyramids, corners with four equivalent S(4)Dy3Cr2 trigonal bipyramids, corners with three equivalent S(1)Dy3Cr trigonal pyramids,  an edgeedge with one S(4)Dy3Cr2 trigonal bipyramid, edges with two equivalent S(2)Dy5 trigonal bipyramids, edges with two equivalent S(5)Dy5 trigonal bipyramids, and edges with four equivalent S(3)Dy4Cr trigonal bipyramids. is represented by the CIF card [CIF]
data_Dy3CrS6
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   3.763
_cell_length_b   13.291
_cell_length_c   15.932
_cell_angle_alpha   90.000
_cell_angle_beta   90.000
_cell_angle_gamma   90.000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   796.757
_cell_formula_units_Z   4
loop_
 _symmetry_equiv_pos_site_id
 _symmetry_equiv_pos_as_xyz
  1  'x, y, z'
loop_
 _atom_site_type_symbol
 _atom_site_label
 _atom_site_symmetry_multiplicity
 _atom_site_fract_x
 _atom_site_fract_y
 _atom_site_fract_z
 _atom_site_occupancy
  Dy  Dy0  1  0.000  0.549  0.279  1.0
  Dy  Dy1  1  0.000  0.451  0.721  1.0
  Dy  Dy2  1  0.500  0.951  0.779  1.0
  Dy  Dy3  1  0.500  0.049  0.221  1.0
  Dy  Dy4  1  0.000  0.757  0.099  1.0
  Dy  Dy5  1  0.000  0.243  0.901  1.0
  Dy  Dy6  1  0.500  0.743  0.599  1.0
  Dy  Dy7  1  0.500  0.257  0.401  1.0
  Dy  Dy8  1  0.000  0.318  0.147  1.0
  Dy  Dy9  1  0.000  0.682  0.853  1.0
  Dy  Dy10  1  0.500  0.182  0.647  1.0
  Dy  Dy11  1  0.500  0.818  0.353  1.0
  Cr  Cr12  1  0.000  0.000  0.500  1.0
  Cr  Cr13  1  0.500  0.500  0.000  1.0
  Cr  Cr14  1  0.000  0.000  0.000  1.0
  Cr  Cr15  1  0.500  0.500  0.500  1.0
  S  S16  1  0.000  0.120  0.109  1.0
  S  S17  1  0.000  0.880  0.891  1.0
  S  S18  1  0.500  0.380  0.609  1.0
  S  S19  1  0.500  0.620  0.391  1.0
  S  S20  1  0.000  0.188  0.290  1.0
  S  S21  1  0.000  0.812  0.710  1.0
  S  S22  1  0.500  0.312  0.790  1.0
  S  S23  1  0.500  0.688  0.210  1.0
  S  S24  1  0.000  0.180  0.520  1.0
  S  S25  1  0.000  0.820  0.480  1.0
  S  S26  1  0.500  0.320  0.020  1.0
  S  S27  1  0.500  0.680  0.980  1.0
  S  S28  1  0.000  0.521  0.098  1.0
  S  S29  1  0.000  0.479  0.902  1.0
  S  S30  1  0.500  0.979  0.598  1.0
  S  S31  1  0.500  0.021  0.402  1.0
  S  S32  1  0.000  0.104  0.753  1.0
  S  S33  1  0.000  0.896  0.247  1.0
  S  S34  1  0.500  0.396  0.253  1.0
  S  S35  1  0.500  0.604  0.747  1.0
  S  S36  1  0.000  0.417  0.425  1.0
  S  S37  1  0.000  0.583  0.575  1.0
  S  S38  1  0.500  0.083  0.925  1.0
  S  S39  1  0.500  0.917  0.075  1.0
[/CIF]
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