The new spiroffite Mg 2 Te 3 O 8 (1) was prepared by hydrothemal methods and structurally characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. Compound 1 crystallizes in the space group C2/c of the monoclinic system with two formula units in a cell: a = 12.6030 (7), b = 5.2254(3), c = 11.6331(7) Å, β = 98.6960(10)°, V = 757.30(8) Å 3 . The structure features a 3D open-framework with spiroffite topology that has large tunnels approximately 3.2 ϫ 5.5 Å. The optical proper-
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