Magnesium
allotrope
Mg
The lightweight metal at the heart of chlorophyll — and countless everyday alloys
← Allotrope of Magnesium
Every green leaf owes its colour to a magnesium atom sitting at the centre of a chlorophyll molecule.
A crystalline allotrope of Magnesium (space group P6_3/mmc), sourced from the Crystallography Open Database (COD 1512519).
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Crystallography
| Catalogue identity | Magnesium — P6₃/mmc |
| Formula | Mg |
| Crystal system | hexagonal |
| Space group | P6_3/mmc |
| Lattice (a, b, c) Å | 3.19405, 3.19405, 5.17198 |
| Angles (α, β, γ) ° | 90, 90, 120 |
| Density (g/cm³) | 1.801799387110494 |
Structure data: Crystallography Open Database · Public domain (CC0)