The unusual magnetism of m-Nb 12 O 29 is attributed to the Nb atoms with valence states close to Nb 5+ (d 0 ). This is in clear contradiction to the general belief that the magnetism originates from the Nb 4+ (d 1 ) atoms.
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Fang et al. (2014) studied this question.