Citation: Nuber, B.; Schmetzer, K. (1983). Crystal structure of ternary Be-Mg-Al oxides: taaffeite, BeMg3Al8O16, and musgravite, BeMg2Al6O12 Note: formerly known as taaffeite-8H. Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1983, pp. 393-402.
Formula: Al8 Be Mg3 O16
List type: noninterleaving
List: 3D
Basis: (1;0;0 0;1;0 0;0;1)
Dimensionality: 3
Formula: Al16 Mg6 O32 (Al8 Mg3 O16)
Multiplicity: 1
Coordination sequences: