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Twinning dictionary version 1.0

_twin_dimensionality

Name:
'_twin_dimensionality'

Definition:

   
   The degree of overlap between the twin lattices.  
   Most twin lattice symmetry (TLS) and twin lattice quasi-symmetry (TLQS) 
   twins as defined by Donnay and Donnay will be triperiodic.  

   Reference: Donnay, G. & Donnay, J. D. H. (1974). Can. Mineral. 12, 422-425. 

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The data value must be one of the following:


triperiodic
common lattice in three dimensions

diperiodic
common lattice in two dimensions

monoperiodic
common lattice in one dimension

Type: char

Category: twin