Scheelite-type sodium neodymium(III) ortho-oxidomolybdate(VI), NaNd[MoO4]2

Scheelite-type NaNd[MoO(4)](2) contains one crystallographic position (site symmetry [Formula: see text]) for the large cations, which is mixed-occupied by Na(+) and Nd(3+) cations in a 1:1 molar ratio. Thus, both are surrounded by eight O atoms in the shape of a trigonal dodeca-hedron. Furthermore, the structure consists of crystallographically unique [MoO(4)](2-) units (site symmetry [Formula: see text]) surrounded by eight sodium and neodymium cations, which are all vertex-attached. The polyhedra around the Na(+)/Nd(3+) cations are connected to four others via common edges, building up a three-dimensional network in whose tetra-hedral voids of O atoms the Mo(6+) cations reside.