octahedral

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Having eight faces or sides; of, pertaining to, or formed in, octahedrons; as, octahedral cleavage.

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A related type of isomerism in octahedral MX 3 Y 3 complexes is facial–meridional (or fac/mer) isomerism, in which different numbers of ligands are cis or trans to each other. Source: Internet

Coordination complexes In inorganic coordination complexes with octahedral or square planar geometries, there are also cis isomers in which similar ligands are closer together and trans isomers in which they are further apart. Source: Internet

Dyar and Gunter, pp. 110–113 Micas are also T-O-T-stacked phyllosilicates, but differ from the other T-O-T and T-O-stacked subclass members in that they incorporate aluminium into the tetrahedral sheets (clay minerals have Al 3+ in octahedral sites). Source: Internet

As the formula suggests these substances contain M(OH) 6 octahedral structural units. Source: Internet

Both iron and magnesium are in octahedral by oxygen. Source: Internet

Chromium(III) ions tend to form octahedral complexes. Source: Internet

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