The crystal structure described by Li3Co2(GeO4)2 crystallizes in the triclinic P1 space group. There are three inequivalent Li sites. In the first Li site, Li(1) is bonded to one O(1), one O(3), one O(4), and one O(6) atom to form LiO4 tetrahedra that share corners with two equivalent Li(2)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Co(1)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Co(2)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Ge(1)O4 tetrahedra, and corners with two equivalent Ge(2)O4 tetrahedra. In the second Li site, Li(2) is bonded to one O(3), one O(5), one O(6), and one O(8) atom to form LiO4 tetrahedra that share corners with two equivalent Li(1)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(3)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Co(1)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Co(2)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Ge(1)O4 tetrahedra, and corners with two equivalent Ge(2)O4 tetrahedra. In the third Li site, Li(3) is bonded to one O(2), one O(5), one O(7), and one O(8) atom to form LiO4 tetrahedra that share corners with two equivalent Li(2)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Co(1)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Co(2)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Ge(1)O4 tetrahedra, and corners with two equivalent Ge(2)O4 tetrahedra. There are two inequivalent Co sites. In the first Co site, Co(1) is bonded to one O(4), one O(5), one O(6), and one O(7) atom to form CoO4 tetrahedra that share corners with two equivalent Li(1)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(2)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(3)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Ge(1)O4 tetrahedra, and corners with two equivalent Ge(2)O4 tetrahedra. In the second Co site, Co(2) is bonded to one O(1), one O(2), one O(3), and one O(8) atom to form CoO4 tetrahedra that share corners with two equivalent Li(1)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(2)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(3)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Ge(1)O4 tetrahedra, and corners with two equivalent Ge(2)O4 tetrahedra. There are two inequivalent Ge sites. In the first Ge site, Ge(1) is bonded to one O(1), one O(6), one O(7), and one O(8) atom to form GeO4 tetrahedra that share corners with two equivalent Li(1)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(2)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(3)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Co(1)O4 tetrahedra, and corners with two equivalent Co(2)O4 tetrahedra. In the second Ge site, Ge(2) is bonded to one O(2), one O(3), one O(4), and one O(5) atom to form GeO4 tetrahedra that share corners with two equivalent Li(1)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(2)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(3)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Co(1)O4 tetrahedra, and corners with two equivalent Co(2)O4 tetrahedra. There are eight inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O(1) is bonded in a trigonal planar geometry to one Li(1), one Co(2), and one Ge(1) atom. In the second O site, O(2) is bonded in a trigonal non-coplanar geometry to one Li(3), one Co(2), and one Ge(2) atom. In the third O site, O(3) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(2), one Co(2), and one Ge(2) atom to form corner-sharing OLi2CoGe tetrahedra. In the fourth O site, O(4) is bonded in a trigonal non-coplanar geometry to one Li(1), one Co(1), and one Ge(2) atom. In the fifth O site, O(5) is bonded to one Li(2), one Li(3), one Co(1), and one Ge(2) atom to form corner-sharing OLi2CoGe tetrahedra. In the sixth O site, O(6) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(2), one Co(1), and one Ge(1) atom to form corner-sharing OLi2CoGe tetrahedra. In the seventh O site, O(7) is bonded in a trigonal non-coplanar geometry to one Li(3), one Co(1), and one Ge(1) atom. In the eighth O site, O(8) is bonded to one Li(2), one Li(3), one Co(2), and one Ge(1) atom to form corner-sharing OLi2CoGe tetrahedra. is represented by the Crystallographic Information File (CIF) [CIF]
data_Li3Co2(GeO4)2
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   5.149
_cell_length_b   5.560
_cell_length_c   6.530
_cell_angle_alpha   89.766
_cell_angle_beta   89.310
_cell_angle_gamma   89.874
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   186.957
_cell_formula_units_Z   1
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
  Li  Li0  1  0.501  0.169  1.000  1.0
  Li  Li1  1  0.003  0.337  0.255  1.0
  Li  Li2  1  0.995  0.830  0.506  1.0
  Co  Co3  1  0.994  0.830  0.992  1.0
  Co  Co4  1  0.505  0.168  0.500  1.0
  Ge  Ge5  1  0.993  0.325  0.752  1.0
  Ge  Ge6  1  0.499  0.676  0.258  1.0
  O  O7  1  0.658  0.277  0.749  1.0
  O  O8  1  0.608  0.839  0.469  1.0
  O  O9  1  0.604  0.372  0.263  1.0
  O  O10  1  0.628  0.833  0.038  1.0
  O  O11  1  0.145  0.686  0.239  1.0
  O  O12  1  0.106  0.168  0.982  1.0
  O  O13  1  0.068  0.639  0.762  1.0
  O  O14  1  0.122  0.187  0.527  1.0
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The crystal structure described by Li3Co2(GeO4)2 crystallizes in the triclinic P1 space group. There are three inequivalent Li sites. In the first Li site, Li(1) is bonded to one O(1), one O(3), one O(4), and one O(6) atom to form LiO4 tetrahedra that share corners with two equivalent Li(2)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Co(1)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Co(2)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Ge(1)O4 tetrahedra, and corners with two equivalent Ge(2)O4 tetrahedra. In the second Li site, Li(2) is bonded to one O(3), one O(5), one O(6), and one O(8) atom to form LiO4 tetrahedra that share corners with two equivalent Li(1)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(3)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Co(1)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Co(2)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Ge(1)O4 tetrahedra, and corners with two equivalent Ge(2)O4 tetrahedra. In the third Li site, Li(3) is bonded to one O(2), one O(5), one O(7), and one O(8) atom to form LiO4 tetrahedra that share corners with two equivalent Li(2)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Co(1)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Co(2)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Ge(1)O4 tetrahedra, and corners with two equivalent Ge(2)O4 tetrahedra. There are two inequivalent Co sites. In the first Co site, Co(1) is bonded to one O(4), one O(5), one O(6), and one O(7) atom to form CoO4 tetrahedra that share corners with two equivalent Li(1)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(2)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(3)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Ge(1)O4 tetrahedra, and corners with two equivalent Ge(2)O4 tetrahedra. In the second Co site, Co(2) is bonded to one O(1), one O(2), one O(3), and one O(8) atom to form CoO4 tetrahedra that share corners with two equivalent Li(1)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(2)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(3)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Ge(1)O4 tetrahedra, and corners with two equivalent Ge(2)O4 tetrahedra. There are two inequivalent Ge sites. In the first Ge site, Ge(1) is bonded to one O(1), one O(6), one O(7), and one O(8) atom to form GeO4 tetrahedra that share corners with two equivalent Li(1)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(2)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(3)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Co(1)O4 tetrahedra, and corners with two equivalent Co(2)O4 tetrahedra. In the second Ge site, Ge(2) is bonded to one O(2), one O(3), one O(4), and one O(5) atom to form GeO4 tetrahedra that share corners with two equivalent Li(1)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(2)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(3)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Co(1)O4 tetrahedra, and corners with two equivalent Co(2)O4 tetrahedra. There are eight inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O(1) is bonded in a trigonal planar geometry to one Li(1), one Co(2), and one Ge(1) atom. In the second O site, O(2) is bonded in a trigonal non-coplanar geometry to one Li(3), one Co(2), and one Ge(2) atom. In the third O site, O(3) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(2), one Co(2), and one Ge(2) atom to form corner-sharing OLi2CoGe tetrahedra. In the fourth O site, O(4) is bonded in a trigonal non-coplanar geometry to one Li(1), one Co(1), and one Ge(2) atom. In the fifth O site, O(5) is bonded to one Li(2), one Li(3), one Co(1), and one Ge(2) atom to form corner-sharing OLi2CoGe tetrahedra. In the sixth O site, O(6) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(2), one Co(1), and one Ge(1) atom to form corner-sharing OLi2CoGe tetrahedra. In the seventh O site, O(7) is bonded in a trigonal non-coplanar geometry to one Li(3), one Co(1), and one Ge(1) atom. In the eighth O site, O(8) is bonded to one Li(2), one Li(3), one Co(2), and one Ge(1) atom to form corner-sharing OLi2CoGe tetrahedra. is represented by the Crystallographic Information File (CIF) [CIF]
data_Li3Co2(GeO4)2
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   5.149
_cell_length_b   5.560
_cell_length_c   6.530
_cell_angle_alpha   89.766
_cell_angle_beta   89.310
_cell_angle_gamma   89.874
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   186.957
_cell_formula_units_Z   1
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
  Li  Li0  1  0.501  0.169  1.000  1.0
  Li  Li1  1  0.003  0.337  0.255  1.0
  Li  Li2  1  0.995  0.830  0.506  1.0
  Co  Co3  1  0.994  0.830  0.992  1.0
  Co  Co4  1  0.505  0.168  0.500  1.0
  Ge  Ge5  1  0.993  0.325  0.752  1.0
  Ge  Ge6  1  0.499  0.676  0.258  1.0
  O  O7  1  0.658  0.277  0.749  1.0
  O  O8  1  0.608  0.839  0.469  1.0
  O  O9  1  0.604  0.372  0.263  1.0
  O  O10  1  0.628  0.833  0.038  1.0
  O  O11  1  0.145  0.686  0.239  1.0
  O  O12  1  0.106  0.168  0.982  1.0
  O  O13  1  0.068  0.639  0.762  1.0
  O  O14  1  0.122  0.187  0.527  1.0
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