XYZ data format

From: hermann ^at^ handel.RZ-Berlin.MPG.DE (Klaus Hermann )
Subject: XYZ data format
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 1997 12:55:00 +0200 (MSZ)

 Dear CCLers,
 can anyone point me to a reliable reference of the XYZ format used in
 structure definition input/output files of several molecular visualization
 packages. In need the definition for a local omplementation.
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 Thanks in advance,  Klaus Hermann                 Berlin, April 22, 1997
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