Clipart illustrations of crystals of numerous minerals. These crystalline minerals are created through natural processes, and so often times there are numerous crystal shapes for any given mineral (polycrystalline materials).
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Twinned Crystal of Gypsum
"...the two portions are symmetrical with respect to a plane parallel to the ortho-pinacoid." -The Encyclopedia Britannica 1910... |
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Twinning
"Albite and Carlsbad twinning combined." -Johannsen, 1908... |
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Two Octahedra
An illustration showing "two octahedra...united by contact along a surface parallel to an octahedron face without interpentration. " -Britannica, 1910... |
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Vesuvianite
Vesuvianite.... |
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Vesuvianite
Vesuvianite... |
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Vesuvianite
"Tetragonal. Prismatic in habit. Often vertically striated. Common forms are prisms of first and second orders, pyramid of first order and base." — Ford, 1912... |
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Vesuvianite
"Tetragonal. Prismatic in habit. Often vertically striated. Common forms are prisms of first and second orders, pyramid of first order and base." — Ford, 1912... |
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Wernerite
"Tetragonal; tripyramidal. Crystals usually prismatic. Prominent forms are prisms of the first and second order, pyramid of first." — Ford, 1912... |
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Wernerite
"Tetragonal; tripyramidal. Crystals usually prismatic. Prominent forms are prisms of the first and second order, pyramid of first. Rarely shows the faces of the pyramid of the third order." —... |
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Zincite
"A crystal of zincite with a prism terminated by a pyramid above a basal pinacoid below." — Ford, 1912... |
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Zircon
Zircon.... |
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Zircon
Zircon.... |
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Zircon
Zircon.... |
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Zircon
Zircon.... |
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Zircon
"Tetragonal. Crystals usually show a simple combination of prism and pyramid of the first order. The prism of the second order and a ditetragonal pyramid also at times observed." — Ford, 1912... |