The crystal structure described by Mg14LaCu crystallizes in the orthorhombic Amm2 space group. There are seven inequivalent Mg sites. In the first Mg site, Mg(1) is bonded to two equivalent Mg(2), two equivalent Mg(6), four equivalent Mg(4), and four equivalent Mg(5) atoms to form MgMg12 cuboctahedra that share corners with four equivalent La(1)Mg10Cu2 cuboctahedra, corners with six equivalent Mg(1)Mg12 cuboctahedra, edges with two equivalent Mg(2)Mg12 cuboctahedra, edges with four equivalent Mg(4)Mg12 cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent Mg(2)Mg12 cuboctahedra, and faces with four equivalent Mg(4)Mg12 cuboctahedra. In the second Mg site, Mg(2) is bonded to two equivalent Mg(1), two equivalent Mg(7), four equivalent Mg(4), and four equivalent Mg(5) atoms to form MgMg12 cuboctahedra that share corners with six equivalent Mg(2)Mg12 cuboctahedra, edges with two equivalent Mg(1)Mg12 cuboctahedra, edges with four equivalent Mg(4)Mg12 cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent Mg(1)Mg12 cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent La(1)Mg10Cu2 cuboctahedra, and faces with four equivalent Mg(4)Mg12 cuboctahedra. In the third Mg site, Mg(3) is bonded in a distorted single-bond geometry to two equivalent Mg(5), two equivalent Mg(7), two equivalent La(1), and one Cu(1) atom. In the fourth Mg site, Mg(4) is bonded to two equivalent Mg(1), two equivalent Mg(2), two equivalent Mg(4), two equivalent Mg(5), two equivalent Mg(6), and two equivalent Mg(7) atoms to form distorted MgMg12 cuboctahedra that share corners with four equivalent La(1)Mg10Cu2 cuboctahedra, corners with six equivalent Mg(4)Mg12 cuboctahedra, edges with two equivalent Mg(1)Mg12 cuboctahedra, edges with two equivalent Mg(2)Mg12 cuboctahedra, edges with two equivalent Mg(4)Mg12 cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent Mg(1)Mg12 cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent Mg(2)Mg12 cuboctahedra, and faces with two equivalent Mg(4)Mg12 cuboctahedra. In the fifth Mg site, Mg(5) is bonded in a 12-coordinate geometry to one Mg(1), one Mg(2), one Mg(3), one Mg(4), two equivalent Mg(5), two equivalent Mg(6), two equivalent Mg(7), one La(1), and one Cu(1) atom. In the sixth Mg site, Mg(6) is bonded in a distorted single-bond geometry to one Mg(1), two equivalent Mg(4), two equivalent Mg(7), four equivalent Mg(5), and one Cu(1) atom. In the seventh Mg site, Mg(7) is bonded in a 12-coordinate geometry to one Mg(2), two equivalent Mg(3), two equivalent Mg(4), two equivalent Mg(6), four equivalent Mg(5), and one La(1) atom. La(1) is bonded to two equivalent Mg(7), four equivalent Mg(3), four equivalent Mg(5), and two equivalent Cu(1) atoms to form distorted LaMg10Cu2 cuboctahedra that share corners with four equivalent Mg(1)Mg12 cuboctahedra, corners with six equivalent La(1)Mg10Cu2 cuboctahedra, corners with eight equivalent Mg(4)Mg12 cuboctahedra, and faces with two equivalent Mg(2)Mg12 cuboctahedra. Cu(1) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Mg(3), two equivalent Mg(6), four equivalent Mg(5), and two equivalent La(1) atoms. is represented by the Crystallographic Information File (CIF) [CIF]
data_LaMg14Cu
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   6.649
_cell_length_b   6.245
_cell_length_c   10.195
_cell_angle_alpha   90.000
_cell_angle_beta   90.000
_cell_angle_gamma   118.007
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   373.758
_cell_formula_units_Z   1
loop_
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loop_
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  La  La0  1  0.120  0.810  0.125  1.0
  Mg  Mg1  1  0.162  0.331  0.625  1.0
  Mg  Mg2  1  0.169  0.834  0.625  1.0
  Mg  Mg3  1  0.619  0.318  0.125  1.0
  Mg  Mg4  1  0.665  0.326  0.625  1.0
  Mg  Mg5  1  0.619  0.801  0.125  1.0
  Mg  Mg6  1  0.665  0.839  0.625  1.0
  Mg  Mg7  1  0.344  0.175  0.379  1.0
  Mg  Mg8  1  0.344  0.175  0.871  1.0
  Mg  Mg9  1  0.344  0.669  0.379  1.0
  Mg  Mg10  1  0.344  0.669  0.871  1.0
  Mg  Mg11  1  0.868  0.184  0.345  1.0
  Mg  Mg12  1  0.868  0.184  0.905  1.0
  Mg  Mg13  1  0.827  0.663  0.390  1.0
  Mg  Mg14  1  0.827  0.663  0.860  1.0
  Cu  Cu15  1  0.215  0.357  0.125  1.0
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The crystal structure described by Mg14LaCu crystallizes in the orthorhombic Amm2 space group. There are seven inequivalent Mg sites. In the first Mg site, Mg(1) is bonded to two equivalent Mg(2), two equivalent Mg(6), four equivalent Mg(4), and four equivalent Mg(5) atoms to form MgMg12 cuboctahedra that share corners with four equivalent La(1)Mg10Cu2 cuboctahedra, corners with six equivalent Mg(1)Mg12 cuboctahedra, edges with two equivalent Mg(2)Mg12 cuboctahedra, edges with four equivalent Mg(4)Mg12 cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent Mg(2)Mg12 cuboctahedra, and faces with four equivalent Mg(4)Mg12 cuboctahedra. In the second Mg site, Mg(2) is bonded to two equivalent Mg(1), two equivalent Mg(7), four equivalent Mg(4), and four equivalent Mg(5) atoms to form MgMg12 cuboctahedra that share corners with six equivalent Mg(2)Mg12 cuboctahedra, edges with two equivalent Mg(1)Mg12 cuboctahedra, edges with four equivalent Mg(4)Mg12 cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent Mg(1)Mg12 cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent La(1)Mg10Cu2 cuboctahedra, and faces with four equivalent Mg(4)Mg12 cuboctahedra. In the third Mg site, Mg(3) is bonded in a distorted single-bond geometry to two equivalent Mg(5), two equivalent Mg(7), two equivalent La(1), and one Cu(1) atom. In the fourth Mg site, Mg(4) is bonded to two equivalent Mg(1), two equivalent Mg(2), two equivalent Mg(4), two equivalent Mg(5), two equivalent Mg(6), and two equivalent Mg(7) atoms to form distorted MgMg12 cuboctahedra that share corners with four equivalent La(1)Mg10Cu2 cuboctahedra, corners with six equivalent Mg(4)Mg12 cuboctahedra, edges with two equivalent Mg(1)Mg12 cuboctahedra, edges with two equivalent Mg(2)Mg12 cuboctahedra, edges with two equivalent Mg(4)Mg12 cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent Mg(1)Mg12 cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent Mg(2)Mg12 cuboctahedra, and faces with two equivalent Mg(4)Mg12 cuboctahedra. In the fifth Mg site, Mg(5) is bonded in a 12-coordinate geometry to one Mg(1), one Mg(2), one Mg(3), one Mg(4), two equivalent Mg(5), two equivalent Mg(6), two equivalent Mg(7), one La(1), and one Cu(1) atom. In the sixth Mg site, Mg(6) is bonded in a distorted single-bond geometry to one Mg(1), two equivalent Mg(4), two equivalent Mg(7), four equivalent Mg(5), and one Cu(1) atom. In the seventh Mg site, Mg(7) is bonded in a 12-coordinate geometry to one Mg(2), two equivalent Mg(3), two equivalent Mg(4), two equivalent Mg(6), four equivalent Mg(5), and one La(1) atom. La(1) is bonded to two equivalent Mg(7), four equivalent Mg(3), four equivalent Mg(5), and two equivalent Cu(1) atoms to form distorted LaMg10Cu2 cuboctahedra that share corners with four equivalent Mg(1)Mg12 cuboctahedra, corners with six equivalent La(1)Mg10Cu2 cuboctahedra, corners with eight equivalent Mg(4)Mg12 cuboctahedra, and faces with two equivalent Mg(2)Mg12 cuboctahedra. Cu(1) is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Mg(3), two equivalent Mg(6), four equivalent Mg(5), and two equivalent La(1) atoms. is represented by the Crystallographic Information File (CIF) [CIF]
data_LaMg14Cu
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   6.649
_cell_length_b   6.245
_cell_length_c   10.195
_cell_angle_alpha   90.000
_cell_angle_beta   90.000
_cell_angle_gamma   118.007
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   373.758
_cell_formula_units_Z   1
loop_
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  1  'x, y, z'
loop_
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 _atom_site_label
 _atom_site_symmetry_multiplicity
 _atom_site_fract_x
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  La  La0  1  0.120  0.810  0.125  1.0
  Mg  Mg1  1  0.162  0.331  0.625  1.0
  Mg  Mg2  1  0.169  0.834  0.625  1.0
  Mg  Mg3  1  0.619  0.318  0.125  1.0
  Mg  Mg4  1  0.665  0.326  0.625  1.0
  Mg  Mg5  1  0.619  0.801  0.125  1.0
  Mg  Mg6  1  0.665  0.839  0.625  1.0
  Mg  Mg7  1  0.344  0.175  0.379  1.0
  Mg  Mg8  1  0.344  0.175  0.871  1.0
  Mg  Mg9  1  0.344  0.669  0.379  1.0
  Mg  Mg10  1  0.344  0.669  0.871  1.0
  Mg  Mg11  1  0.868  0.184  0.345  1.0
  Mg  Mg12  1  0.868  0.184  0.905  1.0
  Mg  Mg13  1  0.827  0.663  0.390  1.0
  Mg  Mg14  1  0.827  0.663  0.860  1.0
  Cu  Cu15  1  0.215  0.357  0.125  1.0
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