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Ionic structures
Cubic close packing
Hexagonal close packing
layers
holes
niccolite
anti-fluorite
wurtzite
cadmium iodide
rutile
bismuth(III) iodide
forsterite
Not close packed
Miller planes
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The structures of many ionic compounds can be thought of as hexagonal close packed (HCP) anions with the cations in the interstitial holes.
layers
interstitial holes
niccolite
anti-fluorite
wurtzite
cadmium iodide
rutile
bismuth(III) iodide
forsterite