Thomas de Groot <tho### [at] degrootorg> wrote:

> > Aren't the HKL values just the vector normals of the planes?
> > That's what the wikipedia articles suggested on my brief skim.
> >
> > Would not plane {y, 0} have an hkl index of <0,1,0>?
> >
> > Not sure what the overall goal is, so not sure what to suggest to test this.
> >
> If I remember correctly, that is indeed the case I believe.
>
> --
> Thomas

So then, to some degree, the unit cell for the crystal should be some form of
intersection between all of the planes that the hkl indices define. (?)  Does
the file format include any data that would serve as an offset?

Creating the most basic crystal shapes, probably starting with cubic NaCl, might
give a clue as to how to code an implementation of that notational system.

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