The Space group list project ‘230’ – a collection of examples containing at least one crystal structure for all of the 230 space groups – is now available as a synoptical poster (size DIN A0, 84.1 x 118.9 mm):
If you print the poster on canvas you may use it also as a special shower curtain 😉
Example – Ba3(Al(OH)6)2
Barium aluminate hydrates. I. A barium analogue of hydrogarnet.
Moinuddin Ahmed, A.H.; Dent Glasser, L.S.
Acta Crystallographica B (1969) 25, p2169-p2170
BaO8 polyhedra (green)
AlO6 octahedra (blue)
Example – BaCuO2
Ueber Oxocuprate. XX. Ein Erdalkalioxocuprat(II) mit geschlossenen Baugruppen: BaCuO2
Kipka, R.; Mueller-Buschbaum, H.
Zeitschrift fuer Naturforschung, Teil B. (1977) 32, p121-p123
Cu (pink)
Ba (green)
O (red)
Example – [Cr(NH3)6][CuCl5]
The structure of hexaamminechromium(III) pentachlorocuprate(II), [Cr(NH3)6][CuCl5]
Raymond, K.N.; Meek, D.W.; Ibers, J.A.
Inorganic Chemistry (1968) 7, p1111-p1117
Cu (pink)
Cr (dark blue)
N (blue)
Cl (green)
H (white)
Example – Spinel, MgAl2O4
An electron density residual study of magnesium aluminium oxide spinel
Sawada, H.
Materials Research Bulletin (1995) 30, (3) p341-p345
MgO4 tetrahedra (orange)
AlO6 octahedra (blue)
Example – Zeolite-LTA-frame, Na92(Al92Si100O384)
The structure of dehydrated Na zeolite A (Si/Al=1.09) by neutron profile refinement
Adams, J.M.; Haselden, D.A.; Hewat, A.W.
Journal of Solid State Chemistry (1982) 44, p245-p253
Si (orange)
O (red)
Al (blue)
Na (green)
Example – NaCl
Accuracy of an automatic diffractometer. Measurement of the sodium chloride structure factors
Abrahams, S.C.; Bernstein, J.L.
Acta Crystallographica (1965) 18, p926-p932
Na (yellow)
Cl (green)
Example – (NH4)[(Mo12O36)(AsO4)Mo(MoO)]
Hydrothermal synthesis, structure characterization and catalytic property of a new 1-D chain built on bi-capped Keggin type mix-valence molybdenum compound: (NH4)(Mo(VI)6Mo(V)6O36(As(V)O4)Mo(V)(Mo(V)O))
Mei Hua; Yan Dawei; Chen Qi; Xu Yan; Sun Qi
Inorganica Chimica Acta (2010) 363, p2265-p2268
As (green)
Mo (rosy-silver)
N (blue)
O (red)
Example – V6SnSi
Investigation of the structure and the properties of alloys of the system V3Si – V3Sn
Savitskii, E.M.; Baron, V.V.; Efimov, Yu.V.; Gladyshevskii, E.I.
Inorganic Materials (1965) 1, (2) p191-p192
VSn4/VSi4 tetrahedra (red)
Si/Sn (yellow/rosy-silver)
Example – Cobalt squarate
Sodalite networks formed by metal squarates
S.Neeraj, M.L.Noy, C.N.R.Rao, A.K.Cheetham
Solid State Sciences (2002), 4, 1231
CoO6 octahedra (blue)
C (black)
H (white)
The Fascination of Crystals and Symmetry 