晶体通常可以分为七个不同的晶系，即立方晶系、六方晶系、四方晶系、三方晶系、正交晶系、单斜晶系、三斜晶系。其中的立方晶系具有各向同性，属于高级晶族。

晶系的特征与细分关系如下表:

In crystallography, the terms crystal system, crystal family, and lattice system each refer to one of several classes of space groups, lattices, point groups, or crystals. Informally, two crystals tend to be in the same crystal system if they have similar symmetries, though there are many exceptions to this.