Simple crystal structures of especial interest

• Zincblende structure - zincblende ZnS, cubic moissanite SiC, diamond CC, silicon, gernamium, (α-tin aka grey tin SnSn), ...
• Wurtzite structure - wurtzite ZnS, hexagonal moissanie SiC, lonsdaleite CC (hexagonal diamond), ... (same as above)
• See: Diamond like compounds

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• Rock salt structure - simple cubic - (NaCl, MgO) - See: Transition metal monoxides
• Rutile structure - (tetragnal with simple unit cell) - Rutile TiO₂, Stishovite SiO₂, ...
• Hematite structure - Leukosapphire Al₂O₃, Tistarite Ti₂O₃,
• Marcasite structure - (ortorhombic with simple unit cell) - FeS₂ Marcasite and FeP₂ Zuktamururite
• Perovskite structure - (cubic or ortorhombic near cubic - simple unit cell)

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• Pyrite structure
• Quartz structure

Side-notes

The 3D voroni cells around the atoms can be used to gain sets of space-filling
polyhedral shapes for polyhedral microcomponents on a much larger scale.
(It's not Wiegner Seiz cells, this would bbe arround lattice points rather than atoms)

Related

• Structural type
• Base materials with high potential
• Gemstone-like compounds
• Neo-polymorph
• Pseudo phase diagram
• Good websites about compounds and minerals

External links

Wikipedia:

• Strukturbericht_designation
• Category:Crystal_structure_types
• Zincblende structure
• Wurtzite crystal structure

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• Spinel_group

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• A15 phases – (are there some that do not contain super rare elements?)
• => Weaire–Phelan structure
• Weaire–Phelan building blocks by mechadense
• A15 coordinates