Zur Kristallchemie eines neuen Barium-Lanthanoid-Oxozinkats: Ba2Er2Zn8O13

On the Crystal Chemistry of a New Barium Rare-Earth Oxozincate: Ba₂Er₂Zn₈O₁₃ High temperature reactions led to single crystals of Ba₂Er₂Zn₈O₁₃. It crystallizes with orthorhombic symmetry, space group C¹²_2v? Cmc2₁, a = 6.276, b = 10.871, c = 10.195 Å, Z = 2. The hitherto unknown crystal structure shows Zn²⁺ with tetrahedral, Er³⁺ octahedral and Ba²⁺ cuboctahedral coordination by O^2?. It will be shown that parts of the [Zn₈O₁₃] network are fragments of the ZnO structure showing O^2? within a tetrahedral zinc coordination. A deficit of two O^2? ions per unit cell is focused on two point positions.