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Mathematical Symmetry Symmetry operationsand Indicesand Indices311113311131111111111111111111111 111111111 Face InterceptsEach face of a crystal may be defined as a functionofitsinterceptwithoneormoreoffun ction of its intercept with one or more of the crystallographic in the orthorhombic system looking down the c-axisb1. 1a, 1b, c12. a, 1b, c,,41a41b3. 1a, 2b, c3a4. 1a, b, c2cc2a, 1b, 1c1a, 1b, 3c1a, 1b, 2cb2a, 2b, 2c,,aThe universally employed system for notation of crystal face intercepts was proposed by ceptsaspoposedbye Miller indices of a face consist of a series of whole numbers that have been derived from the intercepts of their inversions, and if necessary, the clearing of f bfractions .Each of these Miller indices bintersect the ve are similarly defined as ltftithaelements of symmetry with SymmetryTheexternalshapeofacrystalreflec tstheThe external shape of a crystal reflects the presence or absence of translation free symmetryelementsinitsunitcellsymmetry elements in its unit not always immediately obvious, in most well formed crystal shapes, axis of rotation, ifii faxis of rotoinversion, center s of symmetry, and mirror planescan be symmetry operationsUsing linear algebra, it is

Face Intercepts Each face of a crystal may be defined as a function of its intercept with one or more of the crystallographic axes.

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