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Symmetry dictionary (symCIF) version 1.0.1

_space_group.Laue_class

Name:
'_space_group.Laue_class'

Definition:

   The Hermann-Mauguin symbol of the geometric crystal class of the
   point group of the space group where a centre of inversion is
   added if not already present.

Type: char

Mandatory item: no


The data value must be one of the following:


-1

2/m

mmm

4/m

4/mmm

-3

-3m

6/m

6/mmm

m-3

m-3m

Category: space_group


International Tables for Crystallography

Volume G: Definition and exchange of crystallographic data

First online edition (2006)

Edited by S. R. Hall and B. McMahon

An essential guide and reference to CIF for programmers, data managers handling crystal-structure information and practising crystallographers.