Table 11.1.2.1

International
Tables for
Crystallography
Volume A
Space-group symmetry
Edited by Th. Hahn

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International Tables for Crystallography (2006). Vol. A. ch. 11.1, p. 810

W. Fischer^a and E. Koch^a ^*

^a Institut für Mineralogie, Petrologie und Kristallographie, Philipps-Universität, D-35032 Marburg, Germany
Correspondence e-mail: kochelke@mailer.uni-marburg.de

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Information necessary to describe symmetry operations

Type of symmetry operation	Necessary information
Translation	Translation vector
Rotation	Location of the rotation axis, angle and sense of rotation
Screw rotation	As for rotation, plus screw vector
Reflection	Location of the mirror plane
Glide reflection	As for reflection, plus glide vector
Inversion	Location of the inversion centre
Rotoinversion	As for rotation, plus location of the inversion point