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Record 1 2011-09-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
DEF

[A crystal] form [that] consists of twelve pentagonal-shaped faces, each of which intersects one crystallographic axis at unity, intersects the second axis at some multiple of unity, and is parallel to the third.

OBS

pyritohedron: named after pyrite, which characteristically has this crystal form.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
CONT

Parmi les formes hémiédriques [du système cubique] les plus fréquentes il y a lieu de citer le «dodécaèdre pentagonal» [...] formé par douze faces de pentagones irréguliers, qui se présente [...] très fréquemment dans les cristaux de pyrite [...]

Spanish

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