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==Crystal classes== {{further information|Crystallographic point group}} The ''isometric crystal system'' class names, point groups (in [[Schoenflies notation|Schönflies notation]], [[Hermann–Mauguin notation]], [[orbifold]], and [[Coxeter notation]]), type, examples, international tables for crystallography space group number,<ref name="ITC">{{cite book |title=International Tables for Crystallography |doi=10.1107/97809553602060000001 |isbn=978-1-4020-4969-9 |editor-first=E. |editor-last=Prince |year=2006 |s2cid=146060934 }}</ref> and [[space group]]s are listed in the table below. There are a total 36 cubic space groups. {| class=wikitable |- ! rowspan=2| No. ! colspan=5| Point group ! rowspan=2| Type ! rowspan=2| Example ! colspan=3| [[Space group]]s |- align=center ! Name<ref name=Webmin>[http://webmineral.com/crystall.shtml ''Crystallography and Minerals Arranged by Crystal Form''], Webmineral</ref> ! [[Schoenflies notation|Schön.]] ! [[Hermann–Mauguin notation|Intl]] ! [[Orbifold|Orb.]] ! [[Coxeter notation|Cox.]] ! Primitive ! Face-centered ! Body-centered |- align=center ! <small>195–197</small> | rowspan=2| Tetartoidal | rowspan=2| [[Tetrahedral symmetry#Chiral tetrahedral symmetry|T]] | rowspan=2| 23 | rowspan=2| 332 | rowspan=2| [3,3]<sup>+</sup> | rowspan=2| [[Chirality (chemistry)|enantiomorphic]] | rowspan=2| [[Ullmannite]], [[Sodium chlorate]] | P23 | F23 | I23 |- align=center ! <small>198–199</small> | [[Ullmannite|P2<sub>1</sub>3]] | | I2<sub>1</sub>3 |- bgcolor=#f4f4f4 align=center ! <small>200–204</small> | rowspan=2| Diploidal | rowspan=2| [[Tetrahedral symmetry#Pyritohedral symmetry|T<sub>h</sub>]] | rowspan=2| 2/m{{overline|3}}<br />(m{{overline|3}}) | rowspan=2| 3*2 | rowspan=2| [3<sup>+</sup>,4] | rowspan=2| [[Centrosymmetry|centrosymmetric]] | rowspan=2| [[Pyrite]] | [[#Caesium chloride structure|Pm{{overline|3}}]], Pn{{overline|3}} | Fm{{overline|3}}, Fd{{overline|3}} | I{{overline|3}} |- bgcolor=#f4f4f4 align=center ! <small>205–206</small> | [[Pyrite|Pa{{overline|3}}]] | | Ia{{overline|3}} |- align=center ! <small>207–211</small> | rowspan=2| Gyroidal | rowspan=2| [[Octahedral symmetry|O]] | rowspan=2| 432 | rowspan=2| 432 | rowspan=2| [3,4]<sup>+</sup> | rowspan=2| [[Chirality (chemistry)|enantiomorphic]] | rowspan=2| [[Petzite]] | [[Petzite|P432]], P4<sub>2</sub>32 | F432, F4<sub>1</sub>32 | I432 |- align=center ! <small>212–214</small> | P4<sub>3</sub>32, P4<sub>1</sub>32 | | I4<sub>1</sub>32 |- bgcolor=#f4f4f4 align=center ! <small>215–217</small> | rowspan=2| Hextetrahedral | rowspan=2| [[Tetrahedral symmetry#Achiral tetrahedral symmetry|T<sub>d</sub>]] | rowspan=2| {{overline|4}}3m | rowspan=2| *332 | rowspan=2| [3,3] | rowspan=2| | rowspan=2| [[Sphalerite]] | P{{overline|4}}3m | [[#Zincblende structure|F{{overline|4}}3m]] | I{{overline|4}}3m |- bgcolor=#f4f4f4 align=center ! <small>218–220</small> | P{{overline|4}}3n | F{{overline|4}}3c | I{{overline|4}}3d |- align=center ! <small>221–230</small> | Hexoctahedral{{anchor|hexoctahedral_link}} | [[Octahedral symmetry|O<sub>h</sub>]] | 4/m{{overline|3}}2/m<br />(m{{overline|3}}m) | *432 | [3,4] | [[Centrosymmetry|centrosymmetric]] | [[Galena]], [[Halite]] | align=left| Pm{{overline|3}}m, Pn{{overline|3}}n, [[#Weaire–Phelan structure|Pm{{overline|3}}n]], Pn{{overline|3}}m | [[#Rock-salt structure|Fm{{overline|3}}m]], Fm{{overline|3}}c, Fd{{overline|3}}m, Fd{{overline|3}}c | Im{{overline|3}}m, Ia{{overline|3}}d |} Other terms for hexoctahedral are: normal class, [[wiktionary:holohedral|holohedral]], ditesseral central class, [[galena]] type.
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