Abstract
Single crystals of six new alkali lanthanide silicates and germanates were synthesized via the flux growth method. A2CeSi3O9 (A = Rb, Cs) and Cs2CeGe3O9 crystallize in the Wadeite structure with space group P63/m and lattice parameters a = 7.1950(2) Å and c = 10.5109(3) Å for the Rb analogue. K2CeSi3O9 crystallizes in a previously unobserved monoclinic distortion of the Wadeite structure with space group P21/n and lattice parameters a = 7.0801(2) Å, b = 10.458(2) Å, c = 12.238(2) Å and β = 90.07(3)°. Finally, Cs8Dy2Ge16O39 and Cs8Dy2Ge16O38F2 crystallize in two new structure types that are related to each other and to the Wadeite structure. Cs8Dy2Ge16O39 crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P2/c with lattice parameters a = 12.4054(3) Å, b = 7.4310(2) Å, c = 24.5761(6) Å, and β = 90.8849(16)° and Cs8Dy2Ge16O38F2 crystallizes in the orthorhombic space group Pnn2 with lattice parameters a = 12.3489(4) Å, b = 12.4805(5) Å, and c = 7.3802(3) Å. The synthesis and structure of the six compounds are reported and the crystallochemical reasons for the formation of each structure are discussed.
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