Wyckoff Positions
In crystallography, a Wyckoff position is a point belonging to a set of points for which site symmetry groups are conjugate subgroups of the space group. Crystallography tables give the Wyckoff positions for different space groups.
Wyckoff positions are used in calculations of crystal properties. There are two types of positions: general and special.
- General positions are left invariant only for the identity operation (E). Each space group has only one general position.
- Special positions are left invariant by the identity operation and at least one other operation of the space group.
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