Materials Data on MgF2 by Materials Project
MgF2 is Rutile structured and crystallizes in the tetragonal P4_2/mnm space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Mg2+ is bonded to six equivalent F1- atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing MgF6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 50°. There are two shorter (2.01 Å) and four longer (2.02 Å) Mg–F bond lengths. F1- is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to three equivalent Mg2+ atoms.