data_global
_chemical_name_mineral 'Lanthanite-(La)'
loop_
_publ_author_name
'Shinn D B'
'Eick H A'
_journal_name_full 'Inorganic Chemistry'
_journal_volume 7 
_journal_year 1968
_journal_page_first 1340
_journal_page_last 1345
_publ_section_title
;
 The crystal structure of lanthanum carbonate octahydrate
;
_database_code_amcsd 0012677
_chemical_compound_source 'Synthetic'
_chemical_formula_sum 'La2 C3 O17 H16'
_cell_length_a 8.984
_cell_length_b 9.580
_cell_length_c 17.00
_cell_angle_alpha 90
_cell_angle_beta 90
_cell_angle_gamma 90
_cell_volume 1463.134
_exptl_crystal_density_diffrn      2.733
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M 'P c c n'
loop_
_space_group_symop_operation_xyz
  'x,y,z'
  'x,1/2-y,1/2+z'
  '-x,1/2+y,1/2-z'
  '1/2-x,y,1/2+z'
  '1/2+x,-y,1/2-z'
  '1/2+x,1/2+y,-z'
  '1/2-x,1/2-y,z'
  '-x,-y,-z'
loop_
_atom_site_label
_atom_site_fract_x
_atom_site_fract_y
_atom_site_fract_z
_atom_site_U_iso_or_equiv
La1   0.25000   0.25000   0.25000   0.00861
La2   0.25000   0.75000   0.28290   0.00760
C1   0.25000   0.75000   0.11000   0.03065
O1   0.32000   0.66000   0.14800   0.01558
O2   0.25000   0.75000   0.03400   0.07447
C2   0.45600   0.49700   0.28200   0.00519
O3   0.01900   0.38400   0.20800   0.01900
O4   0.01900   0.61800   0.24000   0.02254
O5   0.31700   0.49200   0.29600   0.01393
Wat1   0.31000   0.38500   0.11700   0.01494
Wat2   0.11300   0.32300   0.38000   0.02533
Wat3   0.12100   0.64900   0.40900   0.02964
Wat4   0.38200   0.39300   0.49200   0.08473