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OCTAHEDRAL FACE [1 record]

Record 1 2004-05-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Gemmology
  • Diamond Industry
DEF

One of the eight plane triangular surfaces which form an octahedral crystal.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gemmologie
  • Industrie diamantaire
DEF

L'une des huit faces planes triangulaires d'un cristal octaédrique.

CONT

En observant un octaèdre de diamant, on voit qu'il possède parfois des arêtes courbes et qu'il contient plus ou moins de matières diverses. Les courbures ne sont que superficielles, car elles ne nuisent pas au clivage régulier qui se fait parallèlement aux faces de l'octaèdre.

Spanish

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