data_global _amcsd_formula_title 'Gd2Si2O7' loop_ _publ_author_name 'Smolin Y I' 'Shepelev Y F' _journal_name_full 'Acta Crystallographica, Section B' _journal_volume 26 _journal_year 1970 _journal_page_first 484 _journal_page_last 492 _publ_section_title ; The crystal structures of the rare earth pyrosilicates ; _database_code_amcsd 0009372 _chemical_formula_sum 'Gd2 Si2 O7' _cell_length_a 13.87 _cell_length_b 5.073 _cell_length_c 8.33 _cell_angle_alpha 90 _cell_angle_beta 90 _cell_angle_gamma 90 _cell_volume 586.120 _exptl_crystal_density_diffrn 5.470 _symmetry_space_group_name_H-M 'P n a 21' loop_ _space_group_symop_operation_xyz 'x,y,z' '1/2+x,1/2-y,z' '1/2-x,1/2+y,1/2+z' '-x,-y,1/2+z' loop_ _atom_site_label _atom_site_fract_x _atom_site_fract_y _atom_site_fract_z _atom_site_U_iso_or_equiv Gd1 0.12551 0.33730 0.99831 0.00481 Gd2 0.12564 0.33739 0.51409 0.00456 Si1 0.32050 0.37440 0.25050 0.00393 Si2 0.53900 0.62530 0.24980 0.00215 O1 0.27150 0.47690 0.08760 0.00735 O2 0.26580 0.48570 0.41300 0.00431 O3 0.34570 0.07060 0.24650 0.00557 O4 0.42110 0.55570 0.24480 0.00291 O5 0.54720 0.78580 0.08660 0.00773 O6 0.54560 0.78820 0.42060 0.00925 O7 0.59880 0.35260 0.25600 0.00760