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    1. There are 7 Crystal system, when the structures of all crystals can be classified according to the symmetry of the unit cells:
      1. Triclinic
      2. Monoclinic
      3. Orthorhombic
      4. Tetragonal
      5. Trigonal
      6. Hexagonal
      7. Cubic

      But, a crystal family is determined by lattices and point groups. In this case we combine Hexagonal and Trigonal crystal system under Hexagonal crystal family.
      In total there are six crystal families:
      1. triclinic,
      2. monoclinic,
      3. orthorhombic,
      4. tetragonal,
      5. hexagonal, and
      6. cubic.

    2. There are 7 Crystal system, when the structures of all crystals can be classified according to the symmetry of the unit cells:
      1. Triclinic
      2. Monoclinic
      3. Orthorhombic
      4. Tetragonal
      5. Trigonal
      6. Hexagonal
      7. Cubic

      But, a crystal family is determined by lattices and point groups. In this case we combine Hexagonal and Trigonal crystal system under Hexagonal crystal family.
      In total there are six crystal families:
      1. triclinic,
      2. monoclinic,
      3. orthorhombic,
      4. tetragonal,
      5. hexagonal, and
      6. cubic.

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