“…These materials are not based solely on corner-sharing octahedra, but are comprised of alternating layers of distorted edge-sharing TaO 7 or NbO 7 polyhedra which are corner-connected to layers containing regular TaO 6 or NbO 6 octahedra. The larger, lower valancy cations are incorporated into the layers with the regular octahedra and, in addition to Ag + , Na + and Ca 2+ , the cations Cu + [10,11], Sr 2+ [12], and La 3+ [13] are compatible with this structure, although the presence of La 3+ requires charge-balancing by replacing some Ta 5+ with Zr 4+ . The majority of known phases with the natrotantite structure are formed with Ta 5+ .…”