Section 2.2.6.3. Monoclinic space groups (cf. Sections 2.2.2 and 2.2.16)

The `complete treatment' of each of the two settings contains four diagrams (Figs. 2.2.6.2 and 2.2.6.3). Three of them are projections of the symmetry elements, taken along the unique axis (upper left) and along the other two axes (lower left and upper right). For the general position, only the projection along the unique axis is given (lower right).

Figure 2.2.6.2| top | pdf | Monoclinic space groups, setting with unique axis b ( = general-position diagram).

Figure 2.2.6.3| top | pdf | Monoclinic space groups, setting with unique axis c.

The `synoptic descriptions' of the three cell choices (for each setting) are headed by a pair of diagrams, as illustrated in Fig. 2.2.6.4. The drawings on the left display the symmetry elements and the ones on the right the general position (labelled ). Each diagram is a projection of four neighbouring unit cells along the unique axis. It contains the outlines of the three cell choices drawn as heavy lines. For the labelling of the axes, see Fig. 2.2.6.4. The headline of the description of each cell choice contains a small-scale drawing, indicating the basis vectors and the cell that apply to that description.

Figure 2.2.6.4| top | pdf | Monoclinic space groups, cell choices 1, 2, 3. Upper pair of diagrams: setting with unique axis b. Lower pair of diagrams: setting with unique axis c. The numbers 1, 2, 3 within the cells and the subscripts of the labels of the axes indicate the cell choice (cf. Section 2.2.16). The unique axis points upwards from the page.