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In
crystallography, the
tetragonal
crystal system is one of the 7
lattice
point groups. Tetragonal
crystal lattices result from
stretching a cubic lattice along
one of its lattice vectors, so
that the
cube becomes a rectangular
prism with a square base (a
by a) and height (c,
which is different from a).
There are two tetragonal
Bravais lattices: the simple
tetragonal (from stretching the
simple-cubic lattice) and the
centered tetragonal (from
stretching either the
face-centered or the body-centered
cubic lattice).
| simple tetragonal |
body-centered
tetragonal |
 |
 |
The
point groups that fall under
this crystal system are listed
below, followed by their
representations in international
notation and
Schoenflies notation, and
mineral examples.
| name |
international |
Schoenflies |
example |
| ditetragonal bipyramidal |
 |
D4h |
rutile |
| ditetragonal pyramidal |
4mm |
C4v |
|
| tetragonal bipyramidal |
 |
C4h |
|
| tetragonal pyramidal |
4 |
C4 |
wulfenite |
| ditetragonal alternating |
 |
D2d |
chalcopyrite |
| tetragonal trapezohedral |
422 |
D4 |
phosgenite |
| tetragonal alternating |
 |
S4 |