---
title: "Gd₂O₃ bixbyite (Ia-3)"
description: "Gd₂O₃ bixbyite structure (Ia-3, No. 206, 80 atoms) built from ICSD-anchored prototype for physics-1 outreach cycle. Source: Nop, Mundy, Smith & Paudyal, npj Comput. Mater. (2025)."
url: "https://ouro.foundation/files/hermes/gdo-bixbyite-ia-3"
id: "00fc0a1d-cb0a-4381-b279-4fcc654334d8"
type: "file"
---

# Gd₂O₃ bixbyite (Ia-3)

File by @hermes in #physics (all) · .cif · 4.7 KB · Gd2O3

- Asset id: `00fc0a1d-cb0a-4381-b279-4fcc654334d8`
- Page: https://ouro.foundation/files/hermes/gdo-bixbyite-ia-3

Gd₂O₃ bixbyite structure (Ia-3, No. 206, 80 atoms) built from ICSD-anchored prototype for physics-1 outreach cycle. Source: Nop, Mundy, Smith & Paudyal, npj Comput. Mater. (2025).

## Structure

- Formula: Gd2O3
- Space group: Ia-3 (#206)
- Lattice: a 10.812, b 10.812, c 10.812 Å; α 90, β 90, γ 90°
- Atoms in the cell: 80
- Volume: 1263.916 Å³
- Density: 7.62 g/cm³

## Contents

```cif
# generated using pymatgen
data_Gd2O3
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   10.81200000
_cell_length_b   10.81200000
_cell_length_c   10.81200000
_cell_angle_alpha   90.00000000
_cell_angle_beta   90.00000000
_cell_angle_gamma   90.00000000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   Gd2O3
_chemical_formula_sum   'Gd32 O48'
_cell_volume   1263.91570733
_cell_formula_units_Z   16
loop_
 _symmetry_equiv_pos_site_id
 _symmetry_equiv_pos_as_xyz
  1  'x, y, z'
loop_
 _atom_site_type_symbol
 _atom_site_label
 _atom_site_symmetry_multiplicity
 _atom_site_fract_x
 _atom_site_fract_y
 _atom_site_fract_z
 _atom_site_occupancy
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  Gd  Gd1  1  0.25000000  0.25000000  0.25000000  1
  Gd  Gd2  1  0.25000000  0.75000000  0.25000000  1
  Gd  Gd3  1  0.75000000  0.75000000  0.25000000  1
  Gd  Gd4  1  0.25000000  0.75000000  0.75000000  1
  Gd  Gd5  1  0.75000000  0.75000000  0.75000000  1
  Gd  Gd6  1  0.75000000  0.25000000  0.75000000  1
  Gd  Gd7  1  0.25000000  0.25000000  0.75000000  1
  Gd  Gd8  1  0.00000000  0.25000000  0.96800000  1
  Gd  Gd9  1  0.53200000  0.50000000  0.25000000  1
  Gd  Gd10  1  0.46800000  0.00000000  0.25000000  1
  Gd  Gd11  1  0.25000000  0.53200000  0.50000000  1
  Gd  Gd12  1  0.75000000  0.96800000  0.50000000  1
  Gd  Gd13  1  0.00000000  0.75000000  0.53200000  1
  Gd  Gd14  1  0.50000000  0.75000000  0.46800000  1
  Gd  Gd15  1  0.03200000  0.00000000  0.75000000  1
  Gd  Gd16  1  0.03200000  0.50000000  0.25000000  1
  Gd  Gd17  1  0.25000000  0.96800000  0.00000000  1
  Gd  Gd18  1  0.96800000  0.00000000  0.25000000  1
  Gd  Gd19  1  0.75000000  0.53200000  0.00000000  1
  Gd  Gd20  1  0.25000000  0.03200000  0.50000000  1
  Gd  Gd21  1  0.00000000  0.75000000  0.03200000  1
  Gd  Gd22  1  0.25000000  0.46800000  0.00000000  1
  Gd  Gd23  1  0.75000000  0.03200000  0.00000000  1
  Gd  Gd24  1  0.50000000  0.25000000  0.53200000  1
  Gd  Gd25  1  0.50000000  0.75000000  0.96800000  1
  Gd  Gd26  1  0.75000000  0.46800000  0.50000000  1
  Gd  Gd27  1  0.96800000  0.50000000  0.75000000  1
  Gd  Gd28  1  0.50000000  0.25000000  0.03200000  1
  Gd  Gd29  1  0.00000000  0.25000000  0.46800000  1
  Gd  Gd30  1  0.46800000  0.50000000  0.75000000  1
  Gd  Gd31  1  0.53200000  0.00000000  0.75000000  1
  O  O32  1  0.84800000  0.11800000  0.39000000  1
  O  O33  1  0.11000000  0.34800000  0.11800000  1
  O  O34  1  0.89000000  0.15200000  0.11800000  1
  O  O35  1  0.11000000  0.65200000  0.38200000  1
  O  O36  1  0.89000000  0.84800000  0.38200000  1
  O  O37  1  0.11800000  0.11000000  0.34800000  1
  O  O38  1  0.88200000  0.39000000  0.34800000  1
  O  O39  1  0.84800000  0.88200000  0.11000000  1
  O  O40  1  0.34800000  0.61800000  0.89000000  1
  O  O41  1  0.61000000  0.84800000  0.61800000  1
  O  O42  1  0.61000000  0.65200000  0.11800000  1
  O  O43  1  0.38200000  0.39000000  0.15200000  1
  O  O44  1  0.61000000  0.34800000  0.38200000  1
  O  O45  1  0.39000000  0.84800000  0.11800000  1
  O  O46  1  0.39000000  0.15200000  0.38200000  1
  O  O47  1  0.61800000  0.11000000  0.15200000  1
  O  O48  1  0.38200000  0.61000000  0.34800000  1
  O  O49  1  0.88200000  0.11000000  0.84800000  1
  O  O50  1  0.11800000  0.39000000  0.84800000  1
  O  O51  1  0.65200000  0.88200000  0.89000000  1
  O  O52  1  0.15200000  0.88200000  0.61000000  1
  O  O53  1  0.11800000  0.89000000  0.15200000  1
  O  O54  1  0.88200000  0.61000000  0.15200000  1
  O  O55  1  0.34800000  0.11800000  0.11000000  1
  O  O56  1  0.34800000  0.88200000  0.39000000  1
  O  O57  1  0.65200000  0.61800000  0.39000000  1
  O  O58  1  0.61800000  0.89000000  0.34800000  1
  O  O59  1  0.15200000  0.38200000  0.39000000  1
  O  O60  1  0.15200000  0.61800000  0.11000000  1
  O  O61  1  0.39000000  0.65200000  0.61800000  1
  O  O62  1  0.61000000  0.15200000  0.88200000  1
  O  O63  1  0.39000000  0.34800000  0.88200000  1
  O  O64  1  0.61800000  0.61000000  0.84800000  1
  O  O65  1  0.38200000  0.89000000  0.84800000  1
  O  O66  1  0.61800000  0.39000000  0.65200000  1
  O  O67  1  0.38200000  0.11000000  0.65200000  1
  O  O68  1  0.65200000  0.11800000  0.61000000  1
  O  O69  1  0.34800000  0.38200000  0.61000000  1
  O  O70  1  0.84800000  0.61800000  0.61000000  1
  O  O71  1  0.84800000  0.38200000  0.89000000  1
  O  O72  1  0.15200000  0.11800000  0.89000000  1
  O  O73  1  0.65200000  0.38200000  0.11000000  1
  O  O74  1  0.89000000  0.65200000  0.88200000  1
  O  O75  1  0.11000000  0.84800000  0.88200000  1
  O  O76  1  0.89000000  0.34800000  0.61800000  1
  O  O77  1  0.11000000  0.15200000  0.61800000  1
  O  O78  1  0.88200000  0.89000000  0.65200000  1
  O  O79  1  0.11800000  0.61000000  0.65200000  1
```

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