International
Tables for
Crystallography
Volume D
Physical properties of crystals
Edited by A. Authier

© International Union of Crystallography 2006
International Tables for Crystallography (2006). Vol. D. ch. 3.4, p. 456

Table 3.4.2.2 

V. Janoveca* and J. Přívratskáb

a Department of Physics, Technical University of Liberec, Hálkova 6, 461 17 Liberec 1, Czech Republic, and bDepartment of Mathematics and Didactics of Mathematics, Technical University of Liberec, Hálkova 6, 461 17 Liberec 1, Czech Republic
Correspondence e-mail:  janovec@fzu.cz

Table 3.4.2.2 | top | pdf |
Crystal systems, holohedries, crystal families and number of spontaneous strain components

Point group M Crystal system Holohedry HolM Spontaneous strain components Crystal family FamM
Independent Nonzero
[23], [m\bar3], [432], [\bar43m], [m\bar3m] Cubic [m\bar3m] 1 3 Cubic
[6], [\bar6], [6/m], [622], [6mm], [\bar62m], [6/mmmm] Hexagonal [6/mmm] 2 3 Hexagonal
[3], [\bar3], [32], [3m], [\bar3m] Trigonal [\bar3m] 2 3
[4], [\bar4], [4/m], [422], [4mm], [\bar42m], [4/mmm] Tetragonal [4/mmm] 2 3 Tetragonal
[222], [mm2], [mmm] Orthorhombic [mmm] 3 3 Orthorhombic
[2], m, [2/m] Monoclinic [2/m] 4 4 Monoclinic
[1], [\bar1] Triclinic [\bar1] 6 6 Triclinic