R32 D37 32 Trigonal info
No. 155 R32 Patterson symmetry R-3m
RHOMBOHEDRAL AXES

symmetry group diagram

Origin at 3 2

Asymmetric unit 0 ≤ x ≤ 1; 0 ≤ y ≤ 1; 0 ≤ z ≤ 1/2; z ≤ min(xy, 1 - x, 1 - y)
Vertices
0, 0, 0  1, 0, 0  1, 1, 0  0, 1, 0  1/21/21/2  

Symmetry operations

(1)  1   (2)  3+   xxx(3)  3-   xxx
(4)  2   -x, 0, x(5)  2   x-x, 0(6)  2   0, y-y

Generators selected (1); t(1, 0, 0); t(0, 1, 0); t(0, 0, 1); (2); (4)

Positions

Multiplicity, Wyckoff letter,
Site symmetry
Coordinates Reflection conditions
 General:
6 f 1
(1) xyz(2) zxy(3) yzx
(4) -z-y-x (5) -y-x-z(6) -x-z-y
no conditions
    Special: as above, plus
3 e  . 2 
1/2y-y -y1/2yy-y1/2
no extra conditions
3 d  . 2 
0, y-y -y, 0, yy-y, 0
no extra conditions
2 c  3 . 
xxx -x-x-x
no extra conditions
1 b  3 2 
1/21/21/2
no extra conditions
1 a  3 2 
0, 0, 0
no extra conditions

Symmetry of special projections

Along [111]   p3m1
a' = 1/3(2a - b - c)   b' = 1/3(-a + 2b - c)   
Origin at xxx
Along [1-10]   p2
a' = 1/2(a + b - 2c)   b' = c   
Origin at x-x, 0
Along [2-1-1]   p11m
a' = 1/2(b - c)   b' = 1/3(a + b + c)   
Origin at 2x-x-x

Maximal non-isomorphic subgroups

I [2] R31 (R3, 146)1; 2; 3
 [brace][3] R12 (C2, 5)1; 4
 [3] R12 (C2, 5)1; 5
 [3] R12 (C2, 5)1; 6
IIa none
IIb[3] P321 (a' = a - bb' = b - cc' = a + b + c) (150); [3] P3121 (a' = a - bb' = b - cc' = a + b + c) (152); [3] P3221 (a' = a - bb' = b - cc' = a + b + c) (154)

Maximal isomorphic subgroups of lowest index

IIc[2] R32 (a' = b + cb' = a + cc' = a + b) (155); [4] R32 (a' = -a + b + cb' = a - b + cc' = a + b - c) (155)

Minimal non-isomorphic supergroups

I[2] R-3m (166); [2] R-3c (167); [4] P432 (207); [4] P4232 (208); [4] F432 (209); [4] F4132 (210); [4] I432 (211); [4] P4332 (212); [4] P4132 (213); [4] I4132 (214)
II[3] P312 (a' = 1/3(2a - b - c), b' = 1/3(-a + 2b - c), c' = 1/3(a + b + c)) (149)








































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