“…The (1 ×1) channels represent the interstitial space that is found in -MnO 2 (rutile-type structure). Cations such as Ba 2+ (hollandite), and K + (cryptomelane) and NH 4 + or O 2-anions [from H 2 O (or H 3 O + ) and Li 2 O] that stabilize the aMnO 2 framework partially occupy sites at the center of the (2×2) channels at a special position (0, 0, z), usually close to (0, 0, 1/2) (Johnson et al, 1997;Rossouw et al, 1992). If oxygen occupies this site, the structure adopts a distorted close-packed oxygen array, with the close-packed oxygen layers parallel to the (110) planes.…”