Cubic (crystal system)

In crystallography, the cubic crystal system is the most symmetric of the 7 crystal systems. The system is composed of the three Bravais lattices whose symmetry group is that of a cube.

The three Bravais lattices that form the cubic crystal system are:

simple cubic	body-centered cubic	face-centered cubic

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
hexoctahedral		or m3m	Oh	galena
gyroidal	432		O	cuprite
diploidal		or m3	Th	pyrite
tetrahedral			Td	sphalerite
tetartohedral	23		T

See also: close-packing