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Point-group symbols
H. Burzlaff and H. Zimmermann. International Tables for Crystallography (2006). Vol. A, ch. 12.1, pp. 818-820  [ doi:10.1107/97809553602060000524 ]

Abstract

The three main kinds of point-group symbols in use today (Schoenflies symbols, Shubnikov symbols and Hermann–Mauguin symbols) are described and listed. International (Hermann–Mauguin) and Shubnikov symbols for symmetry elements and representatives for the lattice symmetry directions in the different crystal families are tabulated.


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