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The crystal structure of this ternary silicide belongs to the U2Mn3Si5 structure type. The coordination polyhedra of the Gd atoms have 21 vertices, while those of the Re atoms are cubooctahedra and 13-vertex polyhedra, and the Si atoms are arranged as tricapped trigonal prisms, bicapped square antiprisms, or 11-vertex polyhedra.
Keywords: crystal structure; gadolinium; rhenium; silicon; intermetallic compound; ternary silicide.