R-3c D3d6 -3m Trigonal info
No. 167 R-32/c Patterson symmetry R-3m
RHOMBOHEDRAL AXES

symmetry group diagram

Origin at centre (-3) at -3c

Asymmetric unit 1/4 ≤ x ≤ 5/4; 1/4 ≤ y ≤ 5/4; 1/4 ≤ z ≤ 3/4; yx; z ≤ min (y3/2 - x)
Vertices
1/41/41/4  5/41/41/4  5/45/41/4  3/43/43/4  

Symmetry operations

(1)  1   (2)  3+   xxx(3)  3-   xxx
(4)  2   -x + 1/21/4x(5)  2   x-x + 1/21/4(6)  2   1/4y + 1/2-y
(7)  -1   0, 0, 0(8)  -3+   xxx; 0, 0, 0(9)  -3-   xxx; 0, 0, 0
(10)  n(1/21/21/2)   xyx(11)  n(1/21/21/2)   xxz(12)  n(1/21/21/2)   xyy

Generators selected (1); t(1, 0, 0); t(0, 1, 0); t(0, 0, 1); (2); (4); (7)

Positions

Multiplicity, Wyckoff letter,
Site symmetry
Coordinates Reflection conditions
 General:
12 f 1
(1) xyz(2) zxy(3) yzx
(4) -z + 1/2-y + 1/2-x + 1/2(5) -y + 1/2-x + 1/2-z + 1/2(6) -x + 1/2-z + 1/2-y + 1/2
(7) -x-y-z(8) -z-x-y(9) -y-z-x
(10) z + 1/2y + 1/2x + 1/2(11) y + 1/2x + 1/2z + 1/2(12) x + 1/2z + 1/2y + 1/2
hhl : l = 2n
hhh : h = 2n
    Special: as above, plus
6 e  . 2 
x-x + 1/21/4 1/4x-x + 1/2 -x + 1/21/4x
-xx + 1/23/4 3/4-xx + 1/2x + 1/23/4-x
no extra conditions
6 d  -1 
1/2, 0, 0 0, 1/2, 0 0, 0, 1/2 1/21/2, 0 1/2, 0, 1/2 0, 1/21/2
hkl : h + k + l = 2n
4 c  3 . 
xxx -x + 1/2-x + 1/2-x + 1/2 -x-x-xx + 1/2x + 1/2x + 1/2
hkl : h + k + l = 2n
2 b  -3 . 
0, 0, 0 1/21/21/2
hkl : h + k + l = 2n
2 a  3 2 
1/41/41/4 3/43/43/4
hkl : h + k + l = 2n

Symmetry of special projections

Along [111]   p6mm
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' = 1/2c   
Origin at x-x, 0
Along [2-1-1]   p2gm
a' = 1/2(b - c)   b' = 1/3(a + b + c)   
Origin at 2x-x-x

Maximal non-isomorphic subgroups

I [2] R3c (161)1; 2; 3; 10; 11; 12
  [2] R32 (155)1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6
  [2] R-31 (R-3, 148)1; 2; 3; 7; 8; 9
 [brace][3] R12/c (C2/c, 15)1; 4; 7; 10
 [3] R12/c (C2/c, 15)1; 5; 7; 11
 [3] R12/c (C2/c, 15)1; 6; 7; 12
IIa none
IIb[3] P-3c1 (a' = a - bb' = b - cc' = a + b + c) (165)

Maximal isomorphic subgroups of lowest index

IIc[4] R-3c (a' = -a + b + cb' = a - b + cc' = a + b - c) (167); [5] R-3c (a' = a + 2b + 2cb' = 2a + b + 2cc' = 2a + 2b + c) (167)

Minimal non-isomorphic supergroups

I[4] Pn-3n (222); [4] Pm-3n (223); [4] Fm-3c (226); [4] Fd-3c (228); [4] Ia-3d (230)
II[2] R-3m (a' = 1/2(-a + b + c), b' = 1/2(a - b + c), c' = 1/2(a + b - c)) (166); [3] P-31c (a' = 1/3(2a - b - c), b' = 1/3(-a + 2b - c), c' = 1/3(a + b + c)) (163)








































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