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Record 1 2011-06-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
DEF

[Said of] crystals that appear as if composed of two halves of a crystal turned partly round and united.

OBS

Examples of this structure may be often found in feldspar and cassiterite crystals.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
DEF

Se dit d'un cristal formé de deux moitiés identiques, mais réunies en sens inverse, comme si l'une des moitiés avait effectué une rotation de 180° par rapport à l'autre.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Mineralogía
DEF

[Dícese de] dos cristales cuyas caras y aristas están dispuestas como si uno de ellos, tras haber crecido en la prolongación del otro, hubiera girado en 180º.

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