The material structure described by Mg6HfFeO8 is Caswellsilverite-derived structured and crystallizes in the tetragonal P4/mmm space group. There are three inequivalent Mg sites. In the first Mg site, Mg(1) is bonded to two equivalent O(2) and four equivalent O(3) atoms to form MgO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Mg(2)O6 octahedra, corners with four equivalent Mg(1)O6 octahedra, edges with four equivalent Fe(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with eight equivalent Mg(3)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra are not tilted. In the second Mg site, Mg(2) is bonded to two equivalent O(2) and four equivalent O(4) atoms to form MgO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Mg(1)O6 octahedra, corners with four equivalent Mg(2)O6 octahedra, edges with four equivalent Hf(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with eight equivalent Mg(3)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra are not tilted. In the third Mg site, Mg(3) is bonded to one O(3), one O(4), two equivalent O(1), and two equivalent O(2) atoms to form MgO6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent Mg(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Mg(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Mg(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Hf(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Fe(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with four equivalent Mg(3)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-18°. Hf(1) is bonded to two equivalent O(1) and four equivalent O(4) atoms to form HfO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Fe(1)O6 octahedra, corners with four equivalent Hf(1)O6 octahedra, edges with four equivalent Mg(2)O6 octahedra, and edges with eight equivalent Mg(3)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra are not tilted. Fe(1) is bonded to two equivalent O(1) and four equivalent O(3) atoms to form FeO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Hf(1)O6 octahedra, corners with four equivalent Fe(1)O6 octahedra, edges with four equivalent Mg(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with eight equivalent Mg(3)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra are not tilted. There are four inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O(1) is bonded to four equivalent Mg(3), one Hf(1), and one Fe(1) atom to form distorted OHfMg4Fe octahedra that share corners with six equivalent O(1)HfMg4Fe octahedra, edges with four equivalent O(4)Hf2Mg4 octahedra, edges with four equivalent O(3)Mg4Fe2 octahedra, and edges with four equivalent O(2)Mg6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-18°. In the second O site, O(2) is bonded to one Mg(1), one Mg(2), and four equivalent Mg(3) atoms to form OMg6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent O(2)Mg6 octahedra, edges with four equivalent O(4)Hf2Mg4 octahedra, edges with four equivalent O(1)HfMg4Fe octahedra, and edges with four equivalent O(3)Mg4Fe2 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-9°. In the third O site, O(3) is bonded to two equivalent Mg(1), two equivalent Mg(3), and two equivalent Fe(1) atoms to form OMg4Fe2 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent O(4)Hf2Mg4 octahedra, corners with four equivalent O(3)Mg4Fe2 octahedra, edges with four equivalent O(1)HfMg4Fe octahedra, edges with four equivalent O(3)Mg4Fe2 octahedra, and edges with four equivalent O(2)Mg6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra are not tilted. In the fourth O site, O(4) is bonded to two equivalent Mg(2), two equivalent Mg(3), and two equivalent Hf(1) atoms to form OHf2Mg4 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent O(3)Mg4Fe2 octahedra, corners with four equivalent O(4)Hf2Mg4 octahedra, edges with four equivalent O(4)Hf2Mg4 octahedra, edges with four equivalent O(1)HfMg4Fe octahedra, and edges with four equivalent O(2)Mg6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra are not tilted. is represented by the Crystallographic Information File (CIF) [CIF]
data_HfMg6FeO8
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   8.909
_cell_length_b   4.340
_cell_length_c   4.340
_cell_angle_alpha   90.000
_cell_angle_beta   90.000
_cell_angle_gamma   90.000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   167.786
_cell_formula_units_Z   1
loop_
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 _symmetry_equiv_pos_as_xyz
  1  'x, y, z'
loop_
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 _atom_site_label
 _atom_site_symmetry_multiplicity
 _atom_site_fract_x
 _atom_site_fract_y
 _atom_site_fract_z
 _atom_site_occupancy
  Hf  Hf0  1  0.500  0.000  0.000  1.0
  Mg  Mg1  1  0.000  0.500  0.500  1.0
  Mg  Mg2  1  0.500  0.500  0.500  1.0
  Mg  Mg3  1  0.230  0.000  0.500  1.0
  Mg  Mg4  1  0.770  0.000  0.500  1.0
  Mg  Mg5  1  0.230  0.500  0.000  1.0
  Mg  Mg6  1  0.770  0.500  0.000  1.0
  Fe  Fe7  1  0.000  0.000  0.000  1.0
  O  O8  1  0.268  0.000  0.000  1.0
  O  O9  1  0.732  0.000  0.000  1.0
  O  O10  1  0.249  0.500  0.500  1.0
  O  O11  1  0.751  0.500  0.500  1.0
  O  O12  1  0.000  0.000  0.500  1.0
  O  O13  1  0.500  0.000  0.500  1.0
  O  O14  1  0.000  0.500  0.000  1.0
  O  O15  1  0.500  0.500  0.000  1.0
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The material structure described by Mg6HfFeO8 is Caswellsilverite-derived structured and crystallizes in the tetragonal P4/mmm space group. There are three inequivalent Mg sites. In the first Mg site, Mg(1) is bonded to two equivalent O(2) and four equivalent O(3) atoms to form MgO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Mg(2)O6 octahedra, corners with four equivalent Mg(1)O6 octahedra, edges with four equivalent Fe(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with eight equivalent Mg(3)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra are not tilted. In the second Mg site, Mg(2) is bonded to two equivalent O(2) and four equivalent O(4) atoms to form MgO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Mg(1)O6 octahedra, corners with four equivalent Mg(2)O6 octahedra, edges with four equivalent Hf(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with eight equivalent Mg(3)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra are not tilted. In the third Mg site, Mg(3) is bonded to one O(3), one O(4), two equivalent O(1), and two equivalent O(2) atoms to form MgO6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent Mg(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Mg(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Mg(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Hf(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Fe(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with four equivalent Mg(3)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-18°. Hf(1) is bonded to two equivalent O(1) and four equivalent O(4) atoms to form HfO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Fe(1)O6 octahedra, corners with four equivalent Hf(1)O6 octahedra, edges with four equivalent Mg(2)O6 octahedra, and edges with eight equivalent Mg(3)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra are not tilted. Fe(1) is bonded to two equivalent O(1) and four equivalent O(3) atoms to form FeO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Hf(1)O6 octahedra, corners with four equivalent Fe(1)O6 octahedra, edges with four equivalent Mg(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with eight equivalent Mg(3)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra are not tilted. There are four inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O(1) is bonded to four equivalent Mg(3), one Hf(1), and one Fe(1) atom to form distorted OHfMg4Fe octahedra that share corners with six equivalent O(1)HfMg4Fe octahedra, edges with four equivalent O(4)Hf2Mg4 octahedra, edges with four equivalent O(3)Mg4Fe2 octahedra, and edges with four equivalent O(2)Mg6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-18°. In the second O site, O(2) is bonded to one Mg(1), one Mg(2), and four equivalent Mg(3) atoms to form OMg6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent O(2)Mg6 octahedra, edges with four equivalent O(4)Hf2Mg4 octahedra, edges with four equivalent O(1)HfMg4Fe octahedra, and edges with four equivalent O(3)Mg4Fe2 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-9°. In the third O site, O(3) is bonded to two equivalent Mg(1), two equivalent Mg(3), and two equivalent Fe(1) atoms to form OMg4Fe2 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent O(4)Hf2Mg4 octahedra, corners with four equivalent O(3)Mg4Fe2 octahedra, edges with four equivalent O(1)HfMg4Fe octahedra, edges with four equivalent O(3)Mg4Fe2 octahedra, and edges with four equivalent O(2)Mg6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra are not tilted. In the fourth O site, O(4) is bonded to two equivalent Mg(2), two equivalent Mg(3), and two equivalent Hf(1) atoms to form OHf2Mg4 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent O(3)Mg4Fe2 octahedra, corners with four equivalent O(4)Hf2Mg4 octahedra, edges with four equivalent O(4)Hf2Mg4 octahedra, edges with four equivalent O(1)HfMg4Fe octahedra, and edges with four equivalent O(2)Mg6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra are not tilted. is represented by the Crystallographic Information File (CIF) [CIF]
data_HfMg6FeO8
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   8.909
_cell_length_b   4.340
_cell_length_c   4.340
_cell_angle_alpha   90.000
_cell_angle_beta   90.000
_cell_angle_gamma   90.000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   167.786
_cell_formula_units_Z   1
loop_
 _symmetry_equiv_pos_site_id
 _symmetry_equiv_pos_as_xyz
  1  'x, y, z'
loop_
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 _atom_site_label
 _atom_site_symmetry_multiplicity
 _atom_site_fract_x
 _atom_site_fract_y
 _atom_site_fract_z
 _atom_site_occupancy
  Hf  Hf0  1  0.500  0.000  0.000  1.0
  Mg  Mg1  1  0.000  0.500  0.500  1.0
  Mg  Mg2  1  0.500  0.500  0.500  1.0
  Mg  Mg3  1  0.230  0.000  0.500  1.0
  Mg  Mg4  1  0.770  0.000  0.500  1.0
  Mg  Mg5  1  0.230  0.500  0.000  1.0
  Mg  Mg6  1  0.770  0.500  0.000  1.0
  Fe  Fe7  1  0.000  0.000  0.000  1.0
  O  O8  1  0.268  0.000  0.000  1.0
  O  O9  1  0.732  0.000  0.000  1.0
  O  O10  1  0.249  0.500  0.500  1.0
  O  O11  1  0.751  0.500  0.500  1.0
  O  O12  1  0.000  0.000  0.500  1.0
  O  O13  1  0.500  0.000  0.500  1.0
  O  O14  1  0.000  0.500  0.000  1.0
  O  O15  1  0.500  0.500  0.000  1.0
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