Polysynthetic Twins
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This crystal of Aragonite shows a method of twinning where the twinning plane may remain parallel to itself, so that the alternate individuals are in parallel position. This is called Polysynthetic Twinning.
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George Huntington Williams, Ph.D. Elements of Crystallography for Students of Chemistry, Physics, and Mineralogy (New York, NY: Henry Holt and Company, 1892)
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