International
Tables for
Crystallography
Volume C
Mathematical, physical and chemical tables
Edited by E. Prince

© International Union of Crystallography 2006
International Tables for Crystallography (2006). Vol. C. ch. 1.3, p. 11

Table 1.3.2.1 

E. Kocha

a Institut für Mineralogie, Petrologie und Kristallographie, Universität Marburg, Hans-Meerwein-Strasse, D-35032 Marburg, Germany

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Lattice planes and rows that are perpendicular to each other independently of the metrical parameters

Basis system Lattice plane (hkl) Lattice row [uvw] Perpendicularity condition
Triclinic – – –
Monoclinic (unique axis b) (010) [010] –
Monoclinic (unique axis c) (001) [001] –
Orthorhombic (100) [100] –
(010) [010] –
(001) [001] –
Hexagonal/trigonal (hk0) [uv0] u = 2h + k, v = h + 2k
(001) [001] –
Rhombohedral (h, k, −h − k) [u, v, −u − v] u = h, v = k
(111) [111] –
Tetragonal (hk0) [uv0] u = h, v = k
(001) [001] –
Cubic (hkl) [uvw] u = h, v = k, w = l