Lattice:HCP

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HCP (Hexagonal close-packed) is a hexagonal lattice. It is notable (along with FACC) because it achieves the densest possible packing of spheres. It thus arises naturally in many atomic crystals, as well as in colloidal crystals and nanoparticles superlattices.

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