The Cinnabar
(B9) Structure
Last modified 5 April
2001
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- Prototype: HgS
- Pearson Symbol: hP6
- Strukturbericht Designation: B9
- Space Group: P3221 (Cartesian and lattice coordinate listings
available)
- Number: 154
- Other Compounds with this Structure: HgO
- Primitive Vectors:
- A1 = ½ a X - ½ 31/2
a Y
- A2 = ½ a X + ½ 31/2
a Y
- A3 = c Z
- Basis Vectors:
- B1 = x1 A1 + 2/3
A3 = x1 a/2 X - ½
31/2 x1 a Y + 2/3 c Z
(Hg)
- B2 = x1 A2 + 1/3
A3 = x1 a/2 X + ½
31/2 x1 a Y + 1/3 c Z
(Hg)
- B3 = - x1 A1 -
x1 A2 = - x1 a X
(Hg)
- B4 = x2 A1 + 1/6
A3 = x2 a/2 X - ½
31/2 x2 a Y + 1/6 c Z (S)
- B5 = x2 A2 + 5/6
A3 = x2 a/2 X + ½
31/2 x2 a Y + 5/6 c Z (S)
- B6 = - x2 A1 -
x2 A2 + ½ A3 = -
x2 a X + ½ c Z (S)
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