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CRYSTAL FACE [1 record]

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Record 1 1998-07-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
DEF

The outward, planar surfaces that bound a crystal, and reflect its internal orderly structure.

OBS

The symmetries of crystal faces are used to classify crystals into systems.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
CONT

La forme des cristaux est d'abord singulière : lorsqu'ils sont entièrement constitués, on les voit limités par des plans parfaits, des «faces» [...]

Spanish

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