Figure 4
Silicon ions (blue, green and yellow circles) of α-quartz in xy-projection in space group P3221 (blue: z = ; green: z = ; yellow: z = 0). These form a 2D framework characterized by two parameters, L (equilateral triangle side-length) and Δ (deviation of angle from 60° in constitutive triangle of hexagonal void). Lengths p and q show the unequal radii of the hexagonal voids, with p < q (taken from Figure 12 of Reifenberg and Thomas, 2018). |