Materials Data on MnCO3 by Materials Project
MnCO3 crystallizes in the monoclinic Cc space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Mn2+ is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to five O2- atoms. There are a spread of Mn–O bond distances ranging from 2.13–2.29 Å. C4+ is bonded in a trigonal planar geometry to three O2- atoms. There is two shorter (1.29 Å) and one longer (1.31 Å) C–O bond length. There are three inequivalent O2- sites. In the first O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to two equivalent Mn2+ and one C4+ atom. In the second O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 2-coordinate geometry to one Mn2+ and one C4+ atom. In the third O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Mn2+ and one C4+ atom.