data_global _amcsd_formula_title 'La6MgGe2S14' loop_ _publ_author_name 'Gitzendanner R' 'Spencer C' 'DiSalvo F' 'Pell M' 'Ibers J' _journal_name_full 'Journal of Solid State Chemistry' _journal_volume 131 _journal_year 1997 _journal_page_first 399 _journal_page_last 404 _publ_section_title ; Synthesis and structure of a new quaternary rare-earth sulfide, La6MgGe2S14, and the related compound La6MgSi2S14 _cod_database_code 1005055 ; _database_code_amcsd 0013930 _chemical_formula_sum 'La3 Mg.5 Ge S7' _cell_length_a 10.367 _cell_length_b 10.367 _cell_length_c 5.814 _cell_angle_alpha 90 _cell_angle_beta 90 _cell_angle_gamma 120 _cell_volume 541.143 _exptl_crystal_density_diffrn 4.455 _symmetry_space_group_name_H-M 'P 63' loop_ _space_group_symop_operation_xyz 'x,y,z' 'x-y,x,1/2+z' '-y,x-y,z' '-x,-y,1/2+z' '-x+y,-x,z' 'y,-x+y,1/2+z' loop_ _atom_site_label _atom_site_fract_x _atom_site_fract_y _atom_site_fract_z _atom_site_occupancy La1 0.35780 0.12560 0.74240 1.00000 Mg1 0.00000 0.00000 0.47830 0.50000 Ge1 0.66667 0.33333 0.32490 1.00000 S1 0.52110 0.41330 0.47410 1.00000 S2 0.08620 0.83990 0.72880 1.00000 S3 0.66667 0.33333 0.95190 1.00000