Explore: Primitive Crystal

common and simplest shapes found in crystals and minerals. There are three main varieties of these crystals: Primitive cubic (abbreviated cP and alternatively

Oblique rhombic prism primitive cell The table below organizes the space groups of the monoclinic crystal system by crystal class. It lists the International

{a^{2}+b^{2}}}} of the conventional cell above. Right rhombic prism primitive cell The orthorhombic crystal system class names, examples, Schönflies notation, Hermann-Mauguin

In crystallography, the tetragonal crystal system is one of the seven crystal systems. Tetragonal crystal lattices result from stretching a cubic lattice

which is a factor 1, 2, 3, or 4 larger than the primitive cell. Depending on the symmetry of a crystal or other pattern, the fundamental domain is again

one way to choose a primitive cell for a given crystal and each choice will have a different primitive cell shape, but the primitive cell volume is the

unit cell. In some cases, the full symmetry of a crystal structure is not obvious from the primitive cell, in which cases a conventional cell may be used

to the crystal structure (not the presence of a ferrous metal). Brillouin zone – a primitive cell in the reciprocal space lattice of a crystal Chemical

per unit cell in total and the lattice is non-primitive. The Bravais lattices in the hexagonal crystal family can also be described by rhombohedral axes

in crystal cutting. Breaking down crystals to the smallest pieces possible, Haüy concluded that each type of crystal has a fundamental primitive, nucleus