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SYSTEME MONOCLINIQUE [1 record]

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Record 1 2016-02-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
DEF

One of the six crystal systems, characterized by either a single, twofold axis of symmetry, a single plane of symmetry, or a combination of the two.

OBS

Of the three unequal axes, two are obliquely inclined to each other and the third is perpendicular to the plane formed by them.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
OBS

Le deuxième système cristallin sera caractérisé par la présence d'un axe et d'un centre de symétrie que l'on peut toujours considérer comme passant par ce centre.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Mineralogía
DEF

[Sistema cristalino que consta de un] prisma oblicuo cuya base es un rombo[, que ] sólo tiene un eje, un centro y un plano de simetría.

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