The crystal structure described by Ba4CaGd3(Co4O11)2 crystallizes in the orthorhombic Fmm2 space group. There are two inequivalent Ba sites. In the first Ba site, Ba(1) is bonded to one O(1), one O(2), one O(5), one O(6), two equivalent O(7), two equivalent O(9), and four equivalent O(3) atoms to form distorted BaO12 cuboctahedra that share corners with four equivalent Ba(2)O12 cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent Ba(1)O12 cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent Ba(2)O12 cuboctahedra, faces with four equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra, and faces with four equivalent Co(1)O5 trigonal bipyramids. In the second Ba site, Ba(2) is bonded to one O(1), one O(2), one O(5), one O(6), two equivalent O(7), two equivalent O(9), and four equivalent O(4) atoms to form distorted BaO12 cuboctahedra that share corners with four equivalent Ba(1)O12 cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent Ba(1)O12 cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent Ba(2)O12 cuboctahedra, faces with four equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra, and faces with four equivalent Co(1)O5 trigonal bipyramids. Ca(1) is bonded in a distorted q6 geometry to two equivalent O(2), two equivalent O(6), two equivalent O(8), and four equivalent O(3) atoms. There are three inequivalent Gd sites. In the first Gd site, Gd(1) is bonded in a distorted q6 geometry to two equivalent O(1), two equivalent O(5), two equivalent O(8), and four equivalent O(3) atoms. In the second Gd site, Gd(2) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to two equivalent O(2), two equivalent O(5), two equivalent O(8), and four equivalent O(4) atoms. In the third Gd site, Gd(3) is bonded in a distorted q6 geometry to two equivalent O(1), two equivalent O(6), two equivalent O(8), and four equivalent O(4) atoms. There are two inequivalent Co sites. In the first Co site, Co(1) is bonded to one O(3), one O(4), one O(5), one O(6), and one O(9) atom to form CoO5 trigonal bipyramids that share corners with two equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Co(1)O5 trigonal bipyramids, faces with two equivalent Ba(1)O12 cuboctahedra, and faces with two equivalent Ba(2)O12 cuboctahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 15-16°. In the second Co site, Co(2) is bonded to one O(1), one O(2), one O(3), one O(4), one O(7), and one O(8) atom to form CoO6 octahedra that share corners with four equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Co(1)O5 trigonal bipyramids, faces with two equivalent Ba(1)O12 cuboctahedra, and faces with two equivalent Ba(2)O12 cuboctahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 3-11°. There are nine inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O(1) is bonded to one Ba(1), one Ba(2), one Gd(1), one Gd(3), and two equivalent Co(2) atoms to form distorted OBa2Gd2Co2 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent O(2)Ba2CaGdCo2 octahedra, corners with four equivalent O(9)Ba4Co2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(2)Ba2CaGdCo2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(1)Ba2Gd2Co2 octahedra, and faces with two equivalent O(7)Ba4Co2 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 11-61°. In the second O site, O(2) is bonded to one Ba(1), one Ba(2), one Ca(1), one Gd(2), and two equivalent Co(2) atoms to form distorted OBa2CaGdCo2 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent O(1)Ba2Gd2Co2 octahedra, corners with four equivalent O(9)Ba4Co2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(2)Ba2CaGdCo2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(1)Ba2Gd2Co2 octahedra, and faces with two equivalent O(7)Ba4Co2 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 11-61°. In the third O site, O(3) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Ba(1), one Ca(1), one Gd(1), one Co(1), and one Co(2) atom. In the fourth O site, O(4) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Ba(2), one Gd(2), one Gd(3), one Co(1), and one Co(2) atom. In the fifth O site, O(5) is bonded in a 2-coordinate geometry to one Ba(1), one Ba(2), one Gd(1), one Gd(2), and two equivalent Co(1) atoms. In the sixth O site, O(6) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to one Ba(1), one Ba(2), one Ca(1), one Gd(3), and two equivalent Co(1) atoms. In the seventh O site, O(7) is bonded to two equivalent Ba(1), two equivalent Ba(2), and two equivalent Co(2) atoms to form distorted OBa4Co2 octahedra that share corners with four equivalent O(9)Ba4Co2 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(7)Ba4Co2 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(9)Ba4Co2 octahedra, faces with two equivalent O(2)Ba2CaGdCo2 octahedra, and faces with two equivalent O(1)Ba2Gd2Co2 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-1°. In the eighth O site, O(8) is bonded in a distorted linear geometry to one Ca(1), one Gd(1), one Gd(2), one Gd(3), and two equivalent Co(2) atoms. In the ninth O site, O(9) is bonded to two equivalent Ba(1), two equivalent Ba(2), and two equivalent Co(1) atoms to form OBa4Co2 octahedra that share corners with four equivalent O(2)Ba2CaGdCo2 octahedra, corners with four equivalent O(1)Ba2Gd2Co2 octahedra, corners with four equivalent O(7)Ba4Co2 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(7)Ba4Co2 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent O(9)Ba4Co2 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-61°. is represented by the CIF file [CIF]
data_Ba4CaGd3(Co4O11)2
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   7.697
_cell_length_b   8.821
_cell_length_c   8.573
_cell_angle_alpha   101.293
_cell_angle_beta   116.671
_cell_angle_gamma   64.133
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   468.008
_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
  Ba  Ba0  1  0.627  0.250  0.003  1.0
  Ba  Ba1  1  0.123  0.250  0.997  1.0
  Ba  Ba2  1  0.874  0.752  0.001  1.0
  Ba  Ba3  1  0.373  0.752  0.999  1.0
  Ca  Ca4  1  0.866  0.268  0.500  1.0
  Gd  Gd5  1  0.364  0.273  0.500  1.0
  Gd  Gd6  1  0.639  0.723  0.500  1.0
  Gd  Gd7  1  0.138  0.725  0.500  1.0
  Co  Co8  1  0.870  0.001  0.741  1.0
  Co  Co9  1  0.370  0.001  0.741  1.0
  Co  Co10  1  0.629  0.001  0.259  1.0
  Co  Co11  1  0.129  0.001  0.259  1.0
  Co  Co12  1  0.627  0.496  0.749  1.0
  Co  Co13  1  0.125  0.496  0.749  1.0
  Co  Co14  1  0.379  0.496  0.251  1.0
  Co  Co15  1  0.877  0.496  0.251  1.0
  O  O16  1  0.362  0.501  0.726  1.0
  O  O17  1  0.860  0.507  0.726  1.0
  O  O18  1  0.137  0.501  0.274  1.0
  O  O19  1  0.633  0.507  0.274  1.0
  O  O20  1  0.732  0.236  0.711  1.0
  O  O21  1  0.243  0.236  0.711  1.0
  O  O22  1  0.972  0.762  0.707  1.0
  O  O23  1  0.473  0.762  0.707  1.0
  O  O24  1  0.765  0.762  0.293  1.0
  O  O25  1  0.266  0.762  0.293  1.0
  O  O26  1  0.521  0.236  0.289  1.0
  O  O27  1  0.032  0.236  0.289  1.0
  O  O28  1  0.593  1.000  0.685  1.0
  O  O29  1  0.096  0.997  0.690  1.0
  O  O30  1  0.408  1.000  0.315  1.0
  O  O31  1  0.906  0.997  0.310  1.0
  O  O32  1  0.749  0.501  0.000  1.0
  O  O33  1  0.249  0.501  0.000  1.0
  O  O34  1  0.489  0.505  0.500  1.0
  O  O35  1  0.006  0.505  0.500  1.0
  O  O36  1  0.499  0.002  0.000  1.0
  O  O37  1  0.999  0.002  0.000  1.0
[/CIF]
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The crystal structure described by Ba4CaGd3(Co4O11)2 crystallizes in the orthorhombic Fmm2 space group. There are two inequivalent Ba sites. In the first Ba site, Ba(1) is bonded to one O(1), one O(2), one O(5), one O(6), two equivalent O(7), two equivalent O(9), and four equivalent O(3) atoms to form distorted BaO12 cuboctahedra that share corners with four equivalent Ba(2)O12 cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent Ba(1)O12 cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent Ba(2)O12 cuboctahedra, faces with four equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra, and faces with four equivalent Co(1)O5 trigonal bipyramids. In the second Ba site, Ba(2) is bonded to one O(1), one O(2), one O(5), one O(6), two equivalent O(7), two equivalent O(9), and four equivalent O(4) atoms to form distorted BaO12 cuboctahedra that share corners with four equivalent Ba(1)O12 cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent Ba(1)O12 cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent Ba(2)O12 cuboctahedra, faces with four equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra, and faces with four equivalent Co(1)O5 trigonal bipyramids. Ca(1) is bonded in a distorted q6 geometry to two equivalent O(2), two equivalent O(6), two equivalent O(8), and four equivalent O(3) atoms. There are three inequivalent Gd sites. In the first Gd site, Gd(1) is bonded in a distorted q6 geometry to two equivalent O(1), two equivalent O(5), two equivalent O(8), and four equivalent O(3) atoms. In the second Gd site, Gd(2) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to two equivalent O(2), two equivalent O(5), two equivalent O(8), and four equivalent O(4) atoms. In the third Gd site, Gd(3) is bonded in a distorted q6 geometry to two equivalent O(1), two equivalent O(6), two equivalent O(8), and four equivalent O(4) atoms. There are two inequivalent Co sites. In the first Co site, Co(1) is bonded to one O(3), one O(4), one O(5), one O(6), and one O(9) atom to form CoO5 trigonal bipyramids that share corners with two equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Co(1)O5 trigonal bipyramids, faces with two equivalent Ba(1)O12 cuboctahedra, and faces with two equivalent Ba(2)O12 cuboctahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 15-16°. In the second Co site, Co(2) is bonded to one O(1), one O(2), one O(3), one O(4), one O(7), and one O(8) atom to form CoO6 octahedra that share corners with four equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Co(1)O5 trigonal bipyramids, faces with two equivalent Ba(1)O12 cuboctahedra, and faces with two equivalent Ba(2)O12 cuboctahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 3-11°. There are nine inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O(1) is bonded to one Ba(1), one Ba(2), one Gd(1), one Gd(3), and two equivalent Co(2) atoms to form distorted OBa2Gd2Co2 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent O(2)Ba2CaGdCo2 octahedra, corners with four equivalent O(9)Ba4Co2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(2)Ba2CaGdCo2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(1)Ba2Gd2Co2 octahedra, and faces with two equivalent O(7)Ba4Co2 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 11-61°. In the second O site, O(2) is bonded to one Ba(1), one Ba(2), one Ca(1), one Gd(2), and two equivalent Co(2) atoms to form distorted OBa2CaGdCo2 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent O(1)Ba2Gd2Co2 octahedra, corners with four equivalent O(9)Ba4Co2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(2)Ba2CaGdCo2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(1)Ba2Gd2Co2 octahedra, and faces with two equivalent O(7)Ba4Co2 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 11-61°. In the third O site, O(3) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Ba(1), one Ca(1), one Gd(1), one Co(1), and one Co(2) atom. In the fourth O site, O(4) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Ba(2), one Gd(2), one Gd(3), one Co(1), and one Co(2) atom. In the fifth O site, O(5) is bonded in a 2-coordinate geometry to one Ba(1), one Ba(2), one Gd(1), one Gd(2), and two equivalent Co(1) atoms. In the sixth O site, O(6) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to one Ba(1), one Ba(2), one Ca(1), one Gd(3), and two equivalent Co(1) atoms. In the seventh O site, O(7) is bonded to two equivalent Ba(1), two equivalent Ba(2), and two equivalent Co(2) atoms to form distorted OBa4Co2 octahedra that share corners with four equivalent O(9)Ba4Co2 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(7)Ba4Co2 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(9)Ba4Co2 octahedra, faces with two equivalent O(2)Ba2CaGdCo2 octahedra, and faces with two equivalent O(1)Ba2Gd2Co2 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-1°. In the eighth O site, O(8) is bonded in a distorted linear geometry to one Ca(1), one Gd(1), one Gd(2), one Gd(3), and two equivalent Co(2) atoms. In the ninth O site, O(9) is bonded to two equivalent Ba(1), two equivalent Ba(2), and two equivalent Co(1) atoms to form OBa4Co2 octahedra that share corners with four equivalent O(2)Ba2CaGdCo2 octahedra, corners with four equivalent O(1)Ba2Gd2Co2 octahedra, corners with four equivalent O(7)Ba4Co2 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(7)Ba4Co2 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent O(9)Ba4Co2 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-61°. is represented by the CIF file [CIF]
data_Ba4CaGd3(Co4O11)2
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   7.697
_cell_length_b   8.821
_cell_length_c   8.573
_cell_angle_alpha   101.293
_cell_angle_beta   116.671
_cell_angle_gamma   64.133
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   468.008
_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
  Ba  Ba0  1  0.627  0.250  0.003  1.0
  Ba  Ba1  1  0.123  0.250  0.997  1.0
  Ba  Ba2  1  0.874  0.752  0.001  1.0
  Ba  Ba3  1  0.373  0.752  0.999  1.0
  Ca  Ca4  1  0.866  0.268  0.500  1.0
  Gd  Gd5  1  0.364  0.273  0.500  1.0
  Gd  Gd6  1  0.639  0.723  0.500  1.0
  Gd  Gd7  1  0.138  0.725  0.500  1.0
  Co  Co8  1  0.870  0.001  0.741  1.0
  Co  Co9  1  0.370  0.001  0.741  1.0
  Co  Co10  1  0.629  0.001  0.259  1.0
  Co  Co11  1  0.129  0.001  0.259  1.0
  Co  Co12  1  0.627  0.496  0.749  1.0
  Co  Co13  1  0.125  0.496  0.749  1.0
  Co  Co14  1  0.379  0.496  0.251  1.0
  Co  Co15  1  0.877  0.496  0.251  1.0
  O  O16  1  0.362  0.501  0.726  1.0
  O  O17  1  0.860  0.507  0.726  1.0
  O  O18  1  0.137  0.501  0.274  1.0
  O  O19  1  0.633  0.507  0.274  1.0
  O  O20  1  0.732  0.236  0.711  1.0
  O  O21  1  0.243  0.236  0.711  1.0
  O  O22  1  0.972  0.762  0.707  1.0
  O  O23  1  0.473  0.762  0.707  1.0
  O  O24  1  0.765  0.762  0.293  1.0
  O  O25  1  0.266  0.762  0.293  1.0
  O  O26  1  0.521  0.236  0.289  1.0
  O  O27  1  0.032  0.236  0.289  1.0
  O  O28  1  0.593  1.000  0.685  1.0
  O  O29  1  0.096  0.997  0.690  1.0
  O  O30  1  0.408  1.000  0.315  1.0
  O  O31  1  0.906  0.997  0.310  1.0
  O  O32  1  0.749  0.501  0.000  1.0
  O  O33  1  0.249  0.501  0.000  1.0
  O  O34  1  0.489  0.505  0.500  1.0
  O  O35  1  0.006  0.505  0.500  1.0
  O  O36  1  0.499  0.002  0.000  1.0
  O  O37  1  0.999  0.002  0.000  1.0
[/CIF]
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