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Symmetry dictionary (symCIF) version 1.0.1

_space_group_Wyckoff.letter

Name:
'_space_group_Wyckoff.letter'

Definition:

   The Wyckoff letter associated with this position, as given in
   International Tables for Crystallography Volume A. The
   enumeration value '\a' corresponds to the Greek letter 'alpha'
   used in International Tables.

   Ref: International Tables for Crystallography (2002). Volume A,
        Space-group symmetry, edited by Th. Hahn, 5th ed.
        Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers.

Type: char

Mandatory item: no


The data value must be one of the following:


a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
j
k
l
m
n
o

p
q
r
s
t
u
v
w
x
y
z
\a

Category: space_group_Wyckoff


International Tables for Crystallography

Volume G: Definition and exchange of crystallographic data

First online edition (2006)

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