The material structure described by Mg14VZnO16 is alpha Po-derived structured and crystallizes in the orthorhombic Pmmm space group. There are eight inequivalent Mg sites. In the first Mg site, Mg(1) is bonded to two equivalent O(1), two equivalent O(6), and two equivalent O(9) atoms to form MgO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Mg(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Mg(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Zn(1)O6 octahedra, edges with four equivalent Mg(4)O6 octahedra, edges with four equivalent Mg(5)O6 octahedra, and edges with four equivalent Mg(7)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra are not tilted. In the second Mg site, Mg(2) is bonded to two O(2,2); two equivalent O(7); and two equivalent O(9) atoms to form MgO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Mg(1)O6 octahedra; corners with two equivalent Mg(2)O6 octahedra; corners with two equivalent V(1)O6 octahedra; edges with four equivalent Mg(4)O6 octahedra; edges with four Mg(6,6)O6 octahedra; and edges with four equivalent Mg(7)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra are not tilted. In the third Mg site, Mg(3) is bonded to one O(4), one O(5), two equivalent O(3), and two equivalent O(8) atoms to form MgO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Mg(4)O6 octahedra; corners with four equivalent Mg(3)O6 octahedra; edges with two equivalent Mg(5)O6 octahedra; edges with two Mg(6,6)O6 octahedra; edges with two equivalent V(1)O6 octahedra; edges with two equivalent Zn(1)O6 octahedra; and edges with four equivalent Mg(7)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-1°. In the fourth Mg site, Mg(4) is bonded to one O(6), one O(7), two equivalent O(3), and two equivalent O(9) atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing MgO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra are not tilted. In the fifth Mg site, Mg(5) is bonded to one O(4), one O(6), two equivalent O(1), and two equivalent O(3) atoms to form MgO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Mg(6)O6 octahedra, corners with four equivalent Mg(5)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Mg(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Mg(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Mg(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Zn(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with four equivalent Mg(7)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-2°. In the sixth Mg site, Mg(6) is bonded to one O(5), one O(7), two equivalent O(2), and two equivalent O(3) atoms to form MgO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Mg(5)O6 octahedra; corners with four Mg(6,6)O6 octahedra; edges with two equivalent Mg(2)O6 octahedra; edges with two equivalent Mg(3)O6 octahedra; edges with two equivalent Mg(4)O6 octahedra; edges with two equivalent V(1)O6 octahedra; and edges with four equivalent Mg(7)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-2°. In the seventh Mg site, Mg(6) is bonded to one O(5), one O(7), two equivalent O(2), and two equivalent O(3) atoms to form MgO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Mg(5)O6 octahedra; corners with four Mg(6,6)O6 octahedra; edges with two equivalent Mg(2)O6 octahedra; edges with two equivalent Mg(3)O6 octahedra; edges with two equivalent Mg(4)O6 octahedra; edges with two equivalent V(1)O6 octahedra; and edges with four equivalent Mg(7)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-2°. In the eighth Mg site, Mg(7) is bonded to one O(1), one O(2), one O(8), one O(9), and two equivalent O(3) atoms to form MgO6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent Mg(7)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Mg(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Mg(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one V(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Zn(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Mg(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Mg(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Mg(5)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Mg(6)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-2°. V(1) is bonded to two O(2,2); two equivalent O(5); and two equivalent O(8) atoms to form VO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Mg(2)O6 octahedra; corners with two equivalent V(1)O6 octahedra; corners with two equivalent Zn(1)O6 octahedra; edges with four equivalent Mg(3)O6 octahedra; edges with four Mg(6,6)O6 octahedra; and edges with four equivalent Mg(7)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra are not tilted. Zn(1) is bonded to two equivalent O(1), two equivalent O(4), and two equivalent O(8) atoms to form ZnO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Mg(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent V(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Zn(1)O6 octahedra, edges with four equivalent Mg(3)O6 octahedra, edges with four equivalent Mg(5)O6 octahedra, and edges with four equivalent Mg(7)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra are not tilted. There are ten inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O(1) is bonded to one Mg(1), two equivalent Mg(5), two equivalent Mg(7), and one Zn(1) atom to form OMg5Zn octahedra that share corners with two equivalent O(2)Mg5V octahedra, corners with four equivalent O(1)Mg5Zn octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(8)Mg4VZn octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(4)Mg4Zn2 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(6)Mg6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(9)Mg6 octahedra, and edges with four equivalent O(3)Mg6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-2°. In the second O site, O(2) is bonded to one Mg(2), two equivalent Mg(6), two equivalent Mg(7), and one V(1) atom to form OMg5V octahedra that share corners with two equivalent O(1)Mg5Zn octahedra; corners with four O(2,2)Mg5V octahedra; edges with two equivalent O(5)Mg4V2 octahedra; edges with two equivalent O(8)Mg4VZn octahedra; edges with two equivalent O(7)Mg6 octahedra; edges with two equivalent O(9)Mg6 octahedra; and edges with four equivalent O(3)Mg6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-2°. In the third O site, O(2) is bonded to one Mg(2), two equivalent Mg(6), two equivalent Mg(7), and one V(1) atom to form OMg5V octahedra that share corners with two equivalent O(1)Mg5Zn octahedra; corners with four O(2,2)Mg5V octahedra; edges with two equivalent O(5)Mg4V2 octahedra; edges with two equivalent O(8)Mg4VZn octahedra; edges with two equivalent O(7)Mg6 octahedra; edges with two equivalent O(9)Mg6 octahedra; and edges with four equivalent O(3)Mg6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-2°. In the fourth O site, O(3) is bonded to one Mg(3), one Mg(4), one Mg(5), one Mg(6), and two equivalent Mg(7) atoms to form OMg6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent O(3)Mg6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(5)Mg4V2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(4)Mg4Zn2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(6)Mg6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(7)Mg6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(8)Mg4VZn octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(2)Mg5V octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(1)Mg5Zn octahedra, and edges with two equivalent O(9)Mg6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-1°. In the fifth O site, O(4) is bonded to two equivalent Mg(3), two equivalent Mg(5), and two equivalent Zn(1) atoms to form OMg4Zn2 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent O(5)Mg4V2 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(4)Mg4Zn2 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(6)Mg6 octahedra, edges with four equivalent O(8)Mg4VZn octahedra, edges with four equivalent O(1)Mg5Zn octahedra, and edges with four equivalent O(3)Mg6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra are not tilted. In the sixth O site, O(5) is bonded to two equivalent Mg(3); two Mg(6,6); and two equivalent V(1) atoms to form OMg4V2 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent O(5)Mg4V2 octahedra; corners with two equivalent O(4)Mg4Zn2 octahedra; corners with two equivalent O(7)Mg6 octahedra; edges with four equivalent O(8)Mg4VZn octahedra; edges with four O(2,2)Mg5V octahedra; and edges with four equivalent O(3)Mg6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra are not tilted. In the seventh O site, O(6) is bonded to two equivalent Mg(1), two equivalent Mg(4), and two equivalent Mg(5) atoms to form OMg6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent O(4)Mg4Zn2 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(6)Mg6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(7)Mg6 octahedra, edges with four equivalent O(1)Mg5Zn octahedra, edges with four equivalent O(3)Mg6 octahedra, and edges with four equivalent O(9)Mg6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra are not tilted. In the eighth O site, O(7) is bonded to two equivalent Mg(2); two equivalent Mg(4); and two Mg(6,6) atoms to form OMg6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent O(5)Mg4V2 octahedra; corners with two equivalent O(6)Mg6 octahedra; corners with two equivalent O(7)Mg6 octahedra; edges with four O(2,2)Mg5V octahedra; edges with four equivalent O(3)Mg6 octahedra; and edges with four equivalent O(9)Mg6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra are not tilted. In the ninth O site, O(8) is bonded to two equivalent Mg(3), two equivalent Mg(7), one V(1), and one Zn(1) atom to form OMg4VZn octahedra that share corners with two equivalent O(9)Mg6 octahedra; corners with four equivalent O(8)Mg4VZn octahedra; edges with two equivalent O(5)Mg4V2 octahedra; edges with two equivalent O(4)Mg4Zn2 octahedra; edges with two O(2,2)Mg5V octahedra; edges with two equivalent O(1)Mg5Zn octahedra; and edges with four equivalent O(3)Mg6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-1°. In the tenth O site, O(9) is bonded to one Mg(1), one Mg(2), two equivalent Mg(4), and two equivalent Mg(7) atoms to form OMg6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent O(8)Mg4VZn octahedra; corners with four equivalent O(9)Mg6 octahedra; edges with two O(2,2)Mg5V octahedra; edges with two equivalent O(1)Mg5Zn octahedra; edges with two equivalent O(6)Mg6 octahedra; edges with two equivalent O(7)Mg6 octahedra; and edges with four equivalent O(3)Mg6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra are not tilted. is represented by the Crystallographic Information File (CIF) [CIF]
data_Mg14VZnO16
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   8.549
_cell_length_b   8.555
_cell_length_c   4.281
_cell_angle_alpha   90.000
_cell_angle_beta   90.000
_cell_angle_gamma   90.000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   313.086
_cell_formula_units_Z   1
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  Mg  Mg0  1  0.500  0.000  0.000  1.0
  Mg  Mg1  1  0.500  0.500  0.000  1.0
  Mg  Mg2  1  0.000  0.249  0.500  1.0
  Mg  Mg3  1  0.000  0.751  0.500  1.0
  Mg  Mg4  1  0.500  0.250  0.500  1.0
  Mg  Mg5  1  0.500  0.750  0.500  1.0
  Mg  Mg6  1  0.250  0.000  0.500  1.0
  Mg  Mg7  1  0.251  0.500  0.500  1.0
  Mg  Mg8  1  0.750  0.000  0.500  1.0
  Mg  Mg9  1  0.749  0.500  0.500  1.0
  Mg  Mg10  1  0.250  0.249  0.000  1.0
  Mg  Mg11  1  0.250  0.751  0.000  1.0
  Mg  Mg12  1  0.750  0.249  0.000  1.0
  Mg  Mg13  1  0.750  0.751  0.000  1.0
  V  V14  1  0.000  0.500  0.000  1.0
  Zn  Zn15  1  0.000  0.000  0.000  1.0
  O  O16  1  0.254  0.000  0.000  1.0
  O  O17  1  0.255  0.500  0.000  1.0
  O  O18  1  0.746  0.000  0.000  1.0
  O  O19  1  0.745  0.500  0.000  1.0
  O  O20  1  0.249  0.250  0.500  1.0
  O  O21  1  0.249  0.750  0.500  1.0
  O  O22  1  0.751  0.250  0.500  1.0
  O  O23  1  0.751  0.750  0.500  1.0
  O  O24  1  0.000  0.000  0.500  1.0
  O  O25  1  0.000  0.500  0.500  1.0
  O  O26  1  0.500  0.000  0.500  1.0
  O  O27  1  0.500  0.500  0.500  1.0
  O  O28  1  0.000  0.248  0.000  1.0
  O  O29  1  0.000  0.752  0.000  1.0
  O  O30  1  0.500  0.250  0.000  1.0
  O  O31  1  0.500  0.750  0.000  1.0
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The material structure described by Mg14VZnO16 is alpha Po-derived structured and crystallizes in the orthorhombic Pmmm space group. There are eight inequivalent Mg sites. In the first Mg site, Mg(1) is bonded to two equivalent O(1), two equivalent O(6), and two equivalent O(9) atoms to form MgO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Mg(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Mg(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Zn(1)O6 octahedra, edges with four equivalent Mg(4)O6 octahedra, edges with four equivalent Mg(5)O6 octahedra, and edges with four equivalent Mg(7)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra are not tilted. In the second Mg site, Mg(2) is bonded to two O(2,2); two equivalent O(7); and two equivalent O(9) atoms to form MgO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Mg(1)O6 octahedra; corners with two equivalent Mg(2)O6 octahedra; corners with two equivalent V(1)O6 octahedra; edges with four equivalent Mg(4)O6 octahedra; edges with four Mg(6,6)O6 octahedra; and edges with four equivalent Mg(7)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra are not tilted. In the third Mg site, Mg(3) is bonded to one O(4), one O(5), two equivalent O(3), and two equivalent O(8) atoms to form MgO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Mg(4)O6 octahedra; corners with four equivalent Mg(3)O6 octahedra; edges with two equivalent Mg(5)O6 octahedra; edges with two Mg(6,6)O6 octahedra; edges with two equivalent V(1)O6 octahedra; edges with two equivalent Zn(1)O6 octahedra; and edges with four equivalent Mg(7)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-1°. In the fourth Mg site, Mg(4) is bonded to one O(6), one O(7), two equivalent O(3), and two equivalent O(9) atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing MgO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra are not tilted. In the fifth Mg site, Mg(5) is bonded to one O(4), one O(6), two equivalent O(1), and two equivalent O(3) atoms to form MgO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Mg(6)O6 octahedra, corners with four equivalent Mg(5)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Mg(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Mg(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Mg(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Zn(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with four equivalent Mg(7)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-2°. In the sixth Mg site, Mg(6) is bonded to one O(5), one O(7), two equivalent O(2), and two equivalent O(3) atoms to form MgO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Mg(5)O6 octahedra; corners with four Mg(6,6)O6 octahedra; edges with two equivalent Mg(2)O6 octahedra; edges with two equivalent Mg(3)O6 octahedra; edges with two equivalent Mg(4)O6 octahedra; edges with two equivalent V(1)O6 octahedra; and edges with four equivalent Mg(7)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-2°. In the seventh Mg site, Mg(6) is bonded to one O(5), one O(7), two equivalent O(2), and two equivalent O(3) atoms to form MgO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Mg(5)O6 octahedra; corners with four Mg(6,6)O6 octahedra; edges with two equivalent Mg(2)O6 octahedra; edges with two equivalent Mg(3)O6 octahedra; edges with two equivalent Mg(4)O6 octahedra; edges with two equivalent V(1)O6 octahedra; and edges with four equivalent Mg(7)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-2°. In the eighth Mg site, Mg(7) is bonded to one O(1), one O(2), one O(8), one O(9), and two equivalent O(3) atoms to form MgO6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent Mg(7)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Mg(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Mg(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one V(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Zn(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Mg(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Mg(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Mg(5)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Mg(6)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-2°. V(1) is bonded to two O(2,2); two equivalent O(5); and two equivalent O(8) atoms to form VO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Mg(2)O6 octahedra; corners with two equivalent V(1)O6 octahedra; corners with two equivalent Zn(1)O6 octahedra; edges with four equivalent Mg(3)O6 octahedra; edges with four Mg(6,6)O6 octahedra; and edges with four equivalent Mg(7)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra are not tilted. Zn(1) is bonded to two equivalent O(1), two equivalent O(4), and two equivalent O(8) atoms to form ZnO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Mg(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent V(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Zn(1)O6 octahedra, edges with four equivalent Mg(3)O6 octahedra, edges with four equivalent Mg(5)O6 octahedra, and edges with four equivalent Mg(7)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra are not tilted. There are ten inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O(1) is bonded to one Mg(1), two equivalent Mg(5), two equivalent Mg(7), and one Zn(1) atom to form OMg5Zn octahedra that share corners with two equivalent O(2)Mg5V octahedra, corners with four equivalent O(1)Mg5Zn octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(8)Mg4VZn octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(4)Mg4Zn2 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(6)Mg6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(9)Mg6 octahedra, and edges with four equivalent O(3)Mg6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-2°. In the second O site, O(2) is bonded to one Mg(2), two equivalent Mg(6), two equivalent Mg(7), and one V(1) atom to form OMg5V octahedra that share corners with two equivalent O(1)Mg5Zn octahedra; corners with four O(2,2)Mg5V octahedra; edges with two equivalent O(5)Mg4V2 octahedra; edges with two equivalent O(8)Mg4VZn octahedra; edges with two equivalent O(7)Mg6 octahedra; edges with two equivalent O(9)Mg6 octahedra; and edges with four equivalent O(3)Mg6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-2°. In the third O site, O(2) is bonded to one Mg(2), two equivalent Mg(6), two equivalent Mg(7), and one V(1) atom to form OMg5V octahedra that share corners with two equivalent O(1)Mg5Zn octahedra; corners with four O(2,2)Mg5V octahedra; edges with two equivalent O(5)Mg4V2 octahedra; edges with two equivalent O(8)Mg4VZn octahedra; edges with two equivalent O(7)Mg6 octahedra; edges with two equivalent O(9)Mg6 octahedra; and edges with four equivalent O(3)Mg6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-2°. In the fourth O site, O(3) is bonded to one Mg(3), one Mg(4), one Mg(5), one Mg(6), and two equivalent Mg(7) atoms to form OMg6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent O(3)Mg6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(5)Mg4V2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(4)Mg4Zn2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(6)Mg6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(7)Mg6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(8)Mg4VZn octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(2)Mg5V octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(1)Mg5Zn octahedra, and edges with two equivalent O(9)Mg6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-1°. In the fifth O site, O(4) is bonded to two equivalent Mg(3), two equivalent Mg(5), and two equivalent Zn(1) atoms to form OMg4Zn2 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent O(5)Mg4V2 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(4)Mg4Zn2 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(6)Mg6 octahedra, edges with four equivalent O(8)Mg4VZn octahedra, edges with four equivalent O(1)Mg5Zn octahedra, and edges with four equivalent O(3)Mg6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra are not tilted. In the sixth O site, O(5) is bonded to two equivalent Mg(3); two Mg(6,6); and two equivalent V(1) atoms to form OMg4V2 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent O(5)Mg4V2 octahedra; corners with two equivalent O(4)Mg4Zn2 octahedra; corners with two equivalent O(7)Mg6 octahedra; edges with four equivalent O(8)Mg4VZn octahedra; edges with four O(2,2)Mg5V octahedra; and edges with four equivalent O(3)Mg6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra are not tilted. In the seventh O site, O(6) is bonded to two equivalent Mg(1), two equivalent Mg(4), and two equivalent Mg(5) atoms to form OMg6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent O(4)Mg4Zn2 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(6)Mg6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(7)Mg6 octahedra, edges with four equivalent O(1)Mg5Zn octahedra, edges with four equivalent O(3)Mg6 octahedra, and edges with four equivalent O(9)Mg6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra are not tilted. In the eighth O site, O(7) is bonded to two equivalent Mg(2); two equivalent Mg(4); and two Mg(6,6) atoms to form OMg6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent O(5)Mg4V2 octahedra; corners with two equivalent O(6)Mg6 octahedra; corners with two equivalent O(7)Mg6 octahedra; edges with four O(2,2)Mg5V octahedra; edges with four equivalent O(3)Mg6 octahedra; and edges with four equivalent O(9)Mg6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra are not tilted. In the ninth O site, O(8) is bonded to two equivalent Mg(3), two equivalent Mg(7), one V(1), and one Zn(1) atom to form OMg4VZn octahedra that share corners with two equivalent O(9)Mg6 octahedra; corners with four equivalent O(8)Mg4VZn octahedra; edges with two equivalent O(5)Mg4V2 octahedra; edges with two equivalent O(4)Mg4Zn2 octahedra; edges with two O(2,2)Mg5V octahedra; edges with two equivalent O(1)Mg5Zn octahedra; and edges with four equivalent O(3)Mg6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-1°. In the tenth O site, O(9) is bonded to one Mg(1), one Mg(2), two equivalent Mg(4), and two equivalent Mg(7) atoms to form OMg6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent O(8)Mg4VZn octahedra; corners with four equivalent O(9)Mg6 octahedra; edges with two O(2,2)Mg5V octahedra; edges with two equivalent O(1)Mg5Zn octahedra; edges with two equivalent O(6)Mg6 octahedra; edges with two equivalent O(7)Mg6 octahedra; and edges with four equivalent O(3)Mg6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra are not tilted. is represented by the Crystallographic Information File (CIF) [CIF]
data_Mg14VZnO16
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   8.549
_cell_length_b   8.555
_cell_length_c   4.281
_cell_angle_alpha   90.000
_cell_angle_beta   90.000
_cell_angle_gamma   90.000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   313.086
_cell_formula_units_Z   1
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  Mg  Mg0  1  0.500  0.000  0.000  1.0
  Mg  Mg1  1  0.500  0.500  0.000  1.0
  Mg  Mg2  1  0.000  0.249  0.500  1.0
  Mg  Mg3  1  0.000  0.751  0.500  1.0
  Mg  Mg4  1  0.500  0.250  0.500  1.0
  Mg  Mg5  1  0.500  0.750  0.500  1.0
  Mg  Mg6  1  0.250  0.000  0.500  1.0
  Mg  Mg7  1  0.251  0.500  0.500  1.0
  Mg  Mg8  1  0.750  0.000  0.500  1.0
  Mg  Mg9  1  0.749  0.500  0.500  1.0
  Mg  Mg10  1  0.250  0.249  0.000  1.0
  Mg  Mg11  1  0.250  0.751  0.000  1.0
  Mg  Mg12  1  0.750  0.249  0.000  1.0
  Mg  Mg13  1  0.750  0.751  0.000  1.0
  V  V14  1  0.000  0.500  0.000  1.0
  Zn  Zn15  1  0.000  0.000  0.000  1.0
  O  O16  1  0.254  0.000  0.000  1.0
  O  O17  1  0.255  0.500  0.000  1.0
  O  O18  1  0.746  0.000  0.000  1.0
  O  O19  1  0.745  0.500  0.000  1.0
  O  O20  1  0.249  0.250  0.500  1.0
  O  O21  1  0.249  0.750  0.500  1.0
  O  O22  1  0.751  0.250  0.500  1.0
  O  O23  1  0.751  0.750  0.500  1.0
  O  O24  1  0.000  0.000  0.500  1.0
  O  O25  1  0.000  0.500  0.500  1.0
  O  O26  1  0.500  0.000  0.500  1.0
  O  O27  1  0.500  0.500  0.500  1.0
  O  O28  1  0.000  0.248  0.000  1.0
  O  O29  1  0.000  0.752  0.000  1.0
  O  O30  1  0.500  0.250  0.000  1.0
  O  O31  1  0.500  0.750  0.000  1.0
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