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Cubic close-packed / Face-centred cubic (ccp/fcc)
Hexagonal close packed (hcp)
Simple cubic, Body-centred cubic (bcc) and related Primitive Caesium Chloride (CsCl) structure
| Close-packing Type | Hole-filling | Structure Type |
|---|---|---|
| Cubic (ccp) | All octahedral | Rock salt NaCl |
| All tetrahedral | Fluorite CaF2 Anti-Fluorite Na2O | |
| Half octahedral | Cadmium Chloride CdCl2 Anatase TiO2 | |
| Half tetrahedral | Zinc Blende/Sphalerite ZnS | |
| All octahedral and tetrahedral | Lithium Bismuthide Li3Bi | |
| 1/3 octahedral | Yttrium trichloride YCl3 | |
| Hexagonal (hcp) | All octahedral | Nickel Arsenide |
| Half octahedral | Cadmium Iodide CdI2 Rutile TiO2 | |
| All tetrahedral | No structure exists | |
| Half tetrahedral | Wurtzite ZnS | |
| 1/3 octahedral | Bismuth triiodide BiI3 |
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