Covers the optical properties of crystals as part of physical crystallography. Deals with the classification of crystals based on their optical properties and what the connection between their optical and other physical properties are with a focus on the role of symmetry. Translated from Russian, Osnovy optičeskoj kristallografii, published by the Institute of Crystallography by the Academy of Sciences USSR Press in Moscow in 1958.
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