“…The discrete [Ga n ] clusters, described up to now as being present in binary rare-earth and alkaline-earth gallides, normally do not contain a large number of atoms (n Յ 6, Figure 4) (space group C2/c, own crystal structure type), [25] Th 3 Ga 2 (space group P4/mbm, U 3 Si 2 type of crystal structure) [26] and Gd 3 Ga 2 (space group I4/mcm, own crystal structure type). [27] Surprisingly, the Ga-Ga distances vary greatly: 2.585 Å (Eu 3 Ga 2 ), 2.654 Å (Th 3 Ga 2 ) and 2.801 Å (Gd 3 Ga 2 ). However, the interaction between the gallium atoms within the [Ga 2 ] units can be very different as shown, for example, by the phases with a 5:3 stoichiometry.…”