Mn3TeO6 is Ilmenite-like structured and crystallizes in the trigonal R3 space group. There are six inequivalent Mn sites. In the first Mn site, Mn(1) is bonded to three equivalent O(1) and three equivalent O(4) atoms to form distorted MnO6 pentagonal pyramids that share corners with three equivalent Te(2)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Mn(2)O6 pentagonal pyramids, corners with three equivalent Mn(3)O6 pentagonal pyramids, edges with three equivalent Mn(5)O6 octahedra, and  a faceface with one Te(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 59°. In the second Mn site, Mn(2) is bonded to three equivalent O(2) and three equivalent O(4) atoms to form distorted MnO6 pentagonal pyramids that share corners with three equivalent Mn(5)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Mn(1)O6 pentagonal pyramids, edges with three equivalent Te(1)O6 octahedra, and  a faceface with one Mn(4)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 67°. In the third Mn site, Mn(3) is bonded to three equivalent O(1) and three equivalent O(3) atoms to form distorted MnO6 pentagonal pyramids that share corners with three equivalent Mn(4)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Mn(1)O6 pentagonal pyramids, edges with three equivalent Te(2)O6 octahedra, and  a faceface with one Mn(5)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 67°. In the fourth Mn site, Mn(4) is bonded to three equivalent O(2) and three equivalent O(3) atoms to form MnO6 octahedra that share corners with three equivalent Te(1)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Te(2)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Mn(3)O6 pentagonal pyramids, and  a faceface with one Mn(2)O6 pentagonal pyramid. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 39-43°. In the fifth Mn site, Mn(5) is bonded to three equivalent O(1) and three equivalent O(4) atoms to form MnO6 octahedra that share corners with three equivalent Te(1)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Te(2)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Mn(2)O6 pentagonal pyramids, edges with three equivalent Mn(1)O6 pentagonal pyramids, and  a faceface with one Mn(3)O6 pentagonal pyramid. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 39-43°. In the sixth Mn site, Mn(6) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to three equivalent O(2) and three equivalent O(3) atoms. There are two inequivalent Te sites. In the first Te site, Te(1) is bonded to three equivalent O(2) and three equivalent O(4) atoms to form TeO6 octahedra that share corners with three equivalent Mn(4)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Mn(5)O6 octahedra, edges with three equivalent Mn(2)O6 pentagonal pyramids, and  a faceface with one Mn(1)O6 pentagonal pyramid. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 39-43°. In the second Te site, Te(2) is bonded to three equivalent O(1) and three equivalent O(3) atoms to form TeO6 octahedra that share corners with three equivalent Mn(4)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Mn(5)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Mn(1)O6 pentagonal pyramids, and edges with three equivalent Mn(3)O6 pentagonal pyramids. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 39-43°. There are four inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O(1) is bonded in a distorted see-saw-like geometry to one Mn(1), one Mn(3), one Mn(5), and one Te(2) atom. In the second O site, O(2) is bonded in a distorted see-saw-like geometry to one Mn(2), one Mn(4), one Mn(6), and one Te(1) atom. In the third O site, O(3) is bonded to one Mn(3), one Mn(4), one Mn(6), and one Te(2) atom to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing OMn3Te trigonal pyramids. In the fourth O site, O(4) is bonded to one Mn(1), one Mn(2), one Mn(5), and one Te(1) atom to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing OMn3Te trigonal pyramids.
Mn3TeO6 is Ilmenite-like structured and crystallizes in the trigonal R3 space group. There are six inequivalent Mn sites. In the first Mn site, Mn(1) is bonded to three equivalent O(1) and three equivalent O(4) atoms to form distorted MnO6 pentagonal pyramids that share corners with three equivalent Te(2)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Mn(2)O6 pentagonal pyramids, corners with three equivalent Mn(3)O6 pentagonal pyramids, edges with three equivalent Mn(5)O6 octahedra, and  a faceface with one Te(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 59°. All Mn(1)-O(1) bond lengths are 2.16 Å. All Mn(1)-O(4) bond lengths are 2.36 Å. In the second Mn site, Mn(2) is bonded to three equivalent O(2) and three equivalent O(4) atoms to form distorted MnO6 pentagonal pyramids that share corners with three equivalent Mn(5)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Mn(1)O6 pentagonal pyramids, edges with three equivalent Te(1)O6 octahedra, and  a faceface with one Mn(4)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 67°. All Mn(2)-O(2) bond lengths are 2.33 Å. All Mn(2)-O(4) bond lengths are 2.13 Å. In the third Mn site, Mn(3) is bonded to three equivalent O(1) and three equivalent O(3) atoms to form distorted MnO6 pentagonal pyramids that share corners with three equivalent Mn(4)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Mn(1)O6 pentagonal pyramids, edges with three equivalent Te(2)O6 octahedra, and  a faceface with one Mn(5)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 67°. All Mn(3)-O(1) bond lengths are 2.33 Å. All Mn(3)-O(3) bond lengths are 2.13 Å. In the fourth Mn site, Mn(4) is bonded to three equivalent O(2) and three equivalent O(3) atoms to form MnO6 octahedra that share corners with three equivalent Te(1)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Te(2)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Mn(3)O6 pentagonal pyramids, and  a faceface with one Mn(2)O6 pentagonal pyramid. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 39-43°. All Mn(4)-O(2) bond lengths are 2.33 Å. All Mn(4)-O(3) bond lengths are 2.13 Å. In the fifth Mn site, Mn(5) is bonded to three equivalent O(1) and three equivalent O(4) atoms to form MnO6 octahedra that share corners with three equivalent Te(1)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Te(2)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Mn(2)O6 pentagonal pyramids, edges with three equivalent Mn(1)O6 pentagonal pyramids, and  a faceface with one Mn(3)O6 pentagonal pyramid. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 39-43°. All Mn(5)-O(1) bond lengths are 2.33 Å. All Mn(5)-O(4) bond lengths are 2.13 Å. In the sixth Mn site, Mn(6) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to three equivalent O(2) and three equivalent O(3) atoms. All Mn(6)-O(2) bond lengths are 2.16 Å. All Mn(6)-O(3) bond lengths are 2.36 Å. There are two inequivalent Te sites. In the first Te site, Te(1) is bonded to three equivalent O(2) and three equivalent O(4) atoms to form TeO6 octahedra that share corners with three equivalent Mn(4)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Mn(5)O6 octahedra, edges with three equivalent Mn(2)O6 pentagonal pyramids, and  a faceface with one Mn(1)O6 pentagonal pyramid. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 39-43°. All Te(1)-O(2) bond lengths are 1.96 Å. All Te(1)-O(4) bond lengths are 1.98 Å. In the second Te site, Te(2) is bonded to three equivalent O(1) and three equivalent O(3) atoms to form TeO6 octahedra that share corners with three equivalent Mn(4)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Mn(5)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Mn(1)O6 pentagonal pyramids, and edges with three equivalent Mn(3)O6 pentagonal pyramids. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 39-43°. All Te(2)-O(1) bond lengths are 1.96 Å. All Te(2)-O(3) bond lengths are 1.98 Å. There are four inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O(1) is bonded in a distorted see-saw-like geometry to one Mn(1), one Mn(3), one Mn(5), and one Te(2) atom. In the second O site, O(2) is bonded in a distorted see-saw-like geometry to one Mn(2), one Mn(4), one Mn(6), and one Te(1) atom. In the third O site, O(3) is bonded to one Mn(3), one Mn(4), one Mn(6), and one Te(2) atom to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing OMn3Te trigonal pyramids. In the fourth O site, O(4) is bonded to one Mn(1), one Mn(2), one Mn(5), and one Te(1) atom to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing OMn3Te trigonal pyramids.