Matlockite (E01, PbFCl) Structure: ABC_tP6_129_c_a_c

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Prototype : PbFCl
AFLOW prototype label : ABC_tP6_129_c_a_c
Strukturbericht designation : $E0_{1}$
Pearson symbol : tP6
Space group number : 129
Space group symbol : $\mbox{P4/nmm}$
AFLOW prototype command : aflow --proto=ABC_tP6_129_c_a_c
--params=
$a,c/a,z_{2},z_{3}$


Other compounds with this structure

  • AcOBr, AmOCl, BaHCl, BiOBr, BiOI, CaHBr, CeOCl, DyOCl, LaOI, NdOCl, NpOS, PbFBr, PrOCl, SmOI, SrHI, ThOTe, UOS, UTe2, YbOI, others.

Simple Tetragonal primitive vectors:

\[ \begin{array}{ccc} \mathbf{a}_1 & = & a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}} \\ \mathbf{a}_2 & = & a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}} \\ \mathbf{a}_3 & = & c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}\\ \end{array} \]

Basis vectors:

\[ \begin{array}{ccccccc} & & \mbox{Lattice Coordinates} & & \mbox{Cartesian Coordinates} &\mbox{Wyckoff Position} & \mbox{Atom Type} \\ \mathbf{B}_{1} & =&\frac34 \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+ \frac14 \, \mathbf{a}_{2}& =& \frac34 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}+ \frac14 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}& \left(2a\right) & \mbox{F} \\ \mathbf{B}_{2} & =&\frac14 \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+ \frac34 \, \mathbf{a}_{2}& =&\frac14 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}+ \frac34 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}& \left(2a\right) & \mbox{F} \\ \mathbf{B}_{3} & =&\frac14 \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+ \frac14 \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+ z_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =&\frac14 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}+ \frac14 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ z_{2} \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(2c\right) & \mbox{Cl} \\ \mathbf{B}_{4} & =&\frac34 \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+ \frac34 \, \mathbf{a}_{2}- z_{2} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =&\frac34 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}+ \frac34 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}- z_{2} \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(2c\right) & \mbox{Cl} \\ \mathbf{B}_{5} & =&\frac14 \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+ \frac14 \, \mathbf{a}_{2}+ z_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =&\frac14 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}+ \frac14 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}+ z_{3} \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(2c\right) & \mbox{Pb} \\ \mathbf{B}_{6} & =&\frac34 \, \mathbf{a}_{1}+ \frac34 \, \mathbf{a}_{2}- z_{3} \, \mathbf{a}_{3}& =&\frac34 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{x}}+ \frac34 \, a \, \mathbf{\hat{y}}- z_{3} \, c \, \mathbf{\hat{z}}& \left(2c\right) & \mbox{Pb} \\ \end{array} \]

References

  • N. Pasero and N. Perchiazzi, Crystal structure refinement of matlockite, Mineral. Mag. 60, 833–836 (1996).

Found in

  • R. T. Downs and M. Hall–Wallace, The American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database, Am. Mineral. 88, 247–250 (2003).

Geometry files


Prototype Generator

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