The hexagonal crystal system is one of the two crystal systems, with the trigonal system, that make up the hexagonal crystal family, which is one of the six crystal families in crystallography. The cited article, titled Hexagonal crystal family because the system has no separate article, explains that the family includes two crystal systems and two lattice systems, hexagonal and rhombohedral, and that it consists of the twelve point groups such that at least one of their space groups has the hexagonal lattice as underlying lattice. It is the union of the hexagonal crystal system and the trigonal crystal system and has fifty-two space groups associated with it. Materials whose crystals belong to this system are grouped under this concept.
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In crystallography, the hexagonal crystal family is one of the six crystal families, which includes two crystal systems (hexagonal and trigonal) and two lattice systems (hexagonal and rhombohedral).
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In crystallography, the hexagonal crystal family is one of the six crystal families, which includes two crystal systems (hexagonal and trigonal) and two lattice systems (hexagonal and rhombohedral).
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