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TETARTOHEDRAL [1 record]

Record 1 2012-04-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
DEF

Having one fourth the number of planes required by complete symmetry.

CONT

... slight variation in the pH as well as in the buffer used in the crystallization experiments led to crystals with different degrees of merohedral twinning that may vary from perfect hemihedral twinning to perfect tetartohedral twinning.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
DEF

Se dit d'un cristal qui offre le phénomène de la tétartoédrie.

OBS

tétartoédrie : Propriété des cristaux dont le degré de symétrie est quatre fois plus petit que celui de leur réseau.

Spanish

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