Figure 3
Oxygen ion pseudocubes (left) in α-quartz (space group P3221) and (right) in GeO2 (space group P3121) viewed along the crystallographic x-axis with the z-axis vertical. Vectors bPC and cPC are the two axes of the pseudocube that enclose angle αPC. Angles ϕh and ϕv are tilt angles with horizontal and vertical reference directions. Lines PR and QS are tetrahedral edges (solid lines: at front; dashed lines: at rear). |