Abstract: | Prismatic colourless crystals of the two novel, isotypic title compounds were obtained by the flux growth technique. The crystal structures have been determined from single‐crystal intensity data in space group R 3 with a = 28.819(4) / 28.799(4), c = 13.916(3) / 13.864(3) Å, V = 10009(3) / 9958(3) Å3, Z = 6, R (F) = 4.99 / 6.44%, respectively. They represent a novel structure type with microporous character. The framework is built from six‐membered silicate rings (approximate UDUDUD orientation) containing isolated YO6 octahedra and compressed “six‐membered rings”, which in fact build a spiral of corner‐sharing SiO4 tetrahedra. Approximately parallel to 111] run two different irregular channels hosting the Rb/Cs and Rb atoms. (© 2008 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim) |