The structure described by Li2Co3TeO8 crystallizes in the triclinic P-1 space group. There are two inequivalent Li sites. In the first Li site, Li(1) is bonded to two equivalent O(1), two equivalent O(3), and two equivalent O(4) atoms to form LiO6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent Co(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Te(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 10-15°. In the second Li site, Li(2) is bonded to two equivalent O(1), two equivalent O(2), and two equivalent O(4) atoms to form LiO6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(3)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Te(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 9-17°. There are three inequivalent Co sites. In the first Co site, Co(1) is bonded to two equivalent O(1), two equivalent O(2), and two equivalent O(3) atoms to form CoO6 octahedra that share edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(3)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Te(1)O6 octahedra. In the second Co site, Co(2) is bonded to two equivalent O(1), two equivalent O(2), and two equivalent O(4) atoms to form CoO6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(3)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Te(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 9-17°. In the third Co site, Co(3) is bonded to two equivalent O(1), two equivalent O(3), and two equivalent O(4) atoms to form CoO6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Te(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 10-15°. Te(1) is bonded to two equivalent O(2), two equivalent O(3), and two equivalent O(4) atoms to form TeO6 octahedra that share edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Co(3)O6 octahedra. There are four inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O(1) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(2), one Co(1), one Co(2), and one Co(3) atom to form OLi2Co3 square pyramids that share corners with five equivalent O(1)Li2Co3 square pyramids and edges with four equivalent O(4)Li2Co2Te square pyramids. In the second O site, O(2) is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(2), one Co(1), one Co(2), and one Te(1) atom. In the third O site, O(3) is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(1), one Co(1), one Co(3), and one Te(1) atom. In the fourth O site, O(4) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(2), one Co(2), one Co(3), and one Te(1) atom to form OLi2Co2Te square pyramids that share corners with five equivalent O(4)Li2Co2Te square pyramids and edges with four equivalent O(1)Li2Co3 square pyramids. is represented by the Crystallographic Information File (CIF) [CIF]
data_Li2Co3TeO8
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   5.974
_cell_length_b   6.026
_cell_length_c   6.034
_cell_angle_alpha   91.702
_cell_angle_beta   118.603
_cell_angle_gamma   119.022
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   156.750
_cell_formula_units_Z   1
loop_
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 _symmetry_equiv_pos_as_xyz
  1  'x, y, z'
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 _atom_site_label
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 _atom_site_fract_x
 _atom_site_fract_y
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 _atom_site_occupancy
  Li  Li0  1  0.500  0.000  0.500  1.0
  Li  Li1  1  0.500  0.500  0.500  1.0
  Co  Co2  1  0.000  0.500  0.000  1.0
  Co  Co3  1  0.500  0.000  0.000  1.0
  Co  Co4  1  0.500  0.500  0.000  1.0
  Te  Te5  1  0.000  0.000  0.000  1.0
  O  O6  1  0.438  0.706  0.194  1.0
  O  O7  1  0.014  0.774  0.780  1.0
  O  O8  1  0.009  0.247  0.790  1.0
  O  O9  1  0.544  0.767  0.774  1.0
  O  O10  1  0.456  0.233  0.226  1.0
  O  O11  1  0.991  0.753  0.210  1.0
  O  O12  1  0.986  0.226  0.220  1.0
  O  O13  1  0.562  0.294  0.806  1.0
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The structure described by Li2Co3TeO8 crystallizes in the triclinic P-1 space group. There are two inequivalent Li sites. In the first Li site, Li(1) is bonded to two equivalent O(1), two equivalent O(3), and two equivalent O(4) atoms to form LiO6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent Co(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Te(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 10-15°. In the second Li site, Li(2) is bonded to two equivalent O(1), two equivalent O(2), and two equivalent O(4) atoms to form LiO6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(3)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Te(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 9-17°. There are three inequivalent Co sites. In the first Co site, Co(1) is bonded to two equivalent O(1), two equivalent O(2), and two equivalent O(3) atoms to form CoO6 octahedra that share edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(3)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Te(1)O6 octahedra. In the second Co site, Co(2) is bonded to two equivalent O(1), two equivalent O(2), and two equivalent O(4) atoms to form CoO6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(3)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Te(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 9-17°. In the third Co site, Co(3) is bonded to two equivalent O(1), two equivalent O(3), and two equivalent O(4) atoms to form CoO6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Te(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 10-15°. Te(1) is bonded to two equivalent O(2), two equivalent O(3), and two equivalent O(4) atoms to form TeO6 octahedra that share edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Co(3)O6 octahedra. There are four inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O(1) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(2), one Co(1), one Co(2), and one Co(3) atom to form OLi2Co3 square pyramids that share corners with five equivalent O(1)Li2Co3 square pyramids and edges with four equivalent O(4)Li2Co2Te square pyramids. In the second O site, O(2) is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(2), one Co(1), one Co(2), and one Te(1) atom. In the third O site, O(3) is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(1), one Co(1), one Co(3), and one Te(1) atom. In the fourth O site, O(4) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(2), one Co(2), one Co(3), and one Te(1) atom to form OLi2Co2Te square pyramids that share corners with five equivalent O(4)Li2Co2Te square pyramids and edges with four equivalent O(1)Li2Co3 square pyramids. is represented by the Crystallographic Information File (CIF) [CIF]
data_Li2Co3TeO8
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   5.974
_cell_length_b   6.026
_cell_length_c   6.034
_cell_angle_alpha   91.702
_cell_angle_beta   118.603
_cell_angle_gamma   119.022
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   156.750
_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  0.500  0.000  0.500  1.0
  Li  Li1  1  0.500  0.500  0.500  1.0
  Co  Co2  1  0.000  0.500  0.000  1.0
  Co  Co3  1  0.500  0.000  0.000  1.0
  Co  Co4  1  0.500  0.500  0.000  1.0
  Te  Te5  1  0.000  0.000  0.000  1.0
  O  O6  1  0.438  0.706  0.194  1.0
  O  O7  1  0.014  0.774  0.780  1.0
  O  O8  1  0.009  0.247  0.790  1.0
  O  O9  1  0.544  0.767  0.774  1.0
  O  O10  1  0.456  0.233  0.226  1.0
  O  O11  1  0.991  0.753  0.210  1.0
  O  O12  1  0.986  0.226  0.220  1.0
  O  O13  1  0.562  0.294  0.806  1.0
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