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Crystals of the compound DyTa7O19 could be obtained by chemical transport reaction using NH4Cl as the transport agent. The structure was refined in space group P
c2. The structure is built up from the double layers of Ta2 polyhedra that may be described as edge-shared pentagonal bipyramids alternating with the layers of [Ta3Dy3O30] rings.
