Before revision: +Overview of common lattice systems Crystal family Lattice system Point group (Schönflies notation) 14 Bravais lattices Primitive (P) Base-centered (S) Body-centered (I) Face-centered (F) Triclinic (a) C 80px|Triclinic aP Monoclinic (m) C 80px|Monoclinic, simple mP 80px|Monoclinic, centered mS Orthorhombic (o) D 80px|Orthorhombic, simple oP 80px|Orthorhombic, base-centered oS 80px|Orthorhombic, body-centered oI 80px|Orthorhombic, face-centered oF Tetragonal (t) D 80px|Tetragonal, simple tP 80px|Tetragonal, body-centered tI Hexagonal (h) Rhombohedral D 80px|Rhombohedral hR Hexagonal D 80px|Hexagonal hP Cubic (c) O 80px|Cubic, simple cP 80px|Cubic, body-centered cI 80px|Cubic, face-centered cF The simplest and most symmetric, the cubic or isometric system, has the symmetry of a cube, that is, it exhibits four threefold rotational axes oriented at 109.5° (the tetrahedral angle) with respect to each other.
After revision: +Overview of common lattice systems Crystal family Lattice system Point group (Schönflies notation) 14 Bravais lattices Primitive (P) Base-centered (S) Body-centered (I) Face-centered (F) Triclinic (a) C 80px|Triclinic aP Monoclinic (m) C 80px|Monoclinic, simple mP 80px|Monoclinic, centered mS Orthorhombic (o) D 80px|Orthorhombic, simple oP 80px|Orthorhombic, base-centered oS 80px|Orthorhombic, body-centered oI 80px|Orthorhombic, face-centered oF Tetragonal (t) D 80px|Tetragonal, simple tP 80px|Tetragonal, body-centered tI Hexagonal (h) Rhombohedral D 80px|Rhombohedral hR Hexagonal D 80px|Hexagonal hP Cubic (c) O 80px|Cubic, simple cP 80px|Cubic, body-centered cI 80px|Cubic, face-centered cF The most symmetric, the cubic or isometric system, has the symmetry of a cube, that is, it exhibits four threefold rotational axes oriented at 109.5° (the tetrahedral angle) with respect to each other.