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A concise, student‑friendly introduction to how crystals are shaped and classified.
It explains the basic ideas behind minerals, crystals, and the faces that bound them, with an emphasis on clear relationships between form and structure.
The notes lay out fundamental terms and concepts, including symmetry planes, symmetry axes, crystal faces and edges, and how faces relate to the three main crystal axes. They show how outward form reflects the chemical and structural order of minerals, and how to approach crystal forms in a systematic way.
- Key terms and definitions that ground crystallography, such as minerals, crystals, faces, edges, and angles.
- How symmetry planes and axes organize crystal forms across the six crystal systems.
- Practical methods for choosing crystal axes and determining face inclinations to those axes.
- Guidelines for identifying possible forms and how they combine to complete a crystal’s symmetry.
Ideal for readers starting crystallography, instructors preparing teaching notes, and anyone seeking a solid, nontechnical foundation.
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Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book succinctly introduces crystallography, the study of crystal geometry, to students of mineralogy. The author sets out with the fundamental principles of the field, including how to express the orientation of crystal faces through the use of axes, and how to describe forms mathematically through the use of symbols. The book gains complexity throughout, taking readers through isometric, tetragonal, hexagonal, orthorhombic, monoclinic, and triclinic crystal systems. The author makes a point of distinguishing between ideal forms and real crystals, exploring the ways in which real crystals can be distorted without losing the mathematical relationships that define their symmetry. By emphasizing the mathematical dimension of crystallography, this book provides a firm foundation for further study of crystallography, as well as for the study of mineralogy. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Seller Inventory # 9781332020140_0
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