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Explain in details how Zincblende structure is different than Simple Cubic and give example for each one.

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Zincblende has 4 asymmetric units in its unit cell whereas wurtzite has 2. To recap, zincblende is best thought of as a face-centered cubic array of anions cations occupying one half of the tetrahedral holes. Each ion is 4-coordinate and has local tetrahedral geometry

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