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Hexagonal crystal system

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In crystallography, the hexagonal crystal system is one of the 7 lattice point groups. It has the same symmetry as a right prism with a hexagonal base. There is only one hexagonal Bravais lattice.

Graphite is an example of a crystal that crystallizes in the hexagonal crystal system.