Hi Fellows,

I have bugged now the ultimate authorities including Howard Flack (of Flack 
parameter fame),
and alas, there is no official descriptive adjective for these 65 Söhnke space 
groups.   
Chiral is definitely wrong, and so is enantiomorphic, although 22 of the 
nameless form 11 
enantiomorphic pairs. Thou shallst not use those descriptors for SGs, only for 
structures.

So the contest for a proper descriptive adjective is still open. 

Best, BR

PS: Otherwise it is a bit like saying 'You know, that thing, the one where you 
see stuff moving and
it is not black and white' instead of simply 'color TV' <- almost as old as 
space groups....

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