\documentclass{article}
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% This file is used as unit test for pgfplots, copyright by Christian Feuersaenger.
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\usepackage{pgfplots}
\pgfplotsset{compat=newest}

\pagestyle{empty}

\usepgfplotslibrary{ternary}

\begin{document}

\begin{tikzpicture}
%\tracingmacros=2 \tracingcommands=2
	\begin{ternaryaxis}[
		title=A Title,
		xlabel=xlabel,
		ylabel=ylabel,
		zlabel=zlabel,
		label style={sloped},
	]

	\addplot3[only marks,scatter,point meta=\coordindex] coordinates {
		(1,0,0)
		(0,1,0)
		(0,0,1)
		(1,0,1)
		(0,0.5,0.5)
		(0.5,0.5,0)
		(0.5,0,0.5)
		(0.33333,0.33333,0.33333)
	};
	\end{ternaryaxis}
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}
