三斜晶系的矿物既无对称轴也无对称面，有的属于该晶系的矿物甚至连对称中心也没有。三个结晶轴均斜交α≠β≠γ≠90;a≠b≠c.主折射率有三个方向并且与结晶轴无关。

In crystallography, the triclinic crystal system is one of the 7 crystal systems. A crystal system is described by three basis vectors. In the triclinic system, the crystal is described by vectors of unequal length, as in the orthorhombic system. In addition, no vector is at right angles (90°) orthogonal to another.