motif
https://w3id.org/matsci-sam/vocabulary/id4/motif/definitions/2A repeating structural arrangement of atoms or ions in a crystalline solid.
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https://w3id.org/matsci-sam/vocabulary/id4/motif/definitions/2A repeating structural arrangement of atoms or ions in a crystalline solid.
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In olivine ((Mg,Fe)SiO3), the SiO4 tetrahedral units are the repeating motif.
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