rhombohedron
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rhombohedrons,
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rhombohedra
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rhombohedrons
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In calcite, for instance, the figure has roughly the shape of a rounded rhombohedron with depressed faces and is symmetrical about three vertical planes.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various
The zig-zag lateral edges coincide with the similar edges of a rhombohedron, as shown in fig.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various
Haydenite is the name given to small yellowish crystals, twinned on a rhombohedron plane r, from Jones’s Falls near Baltimore in Maryland.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various
Six kinds of primitive forms were distinguished, namely, the cube, the regular octahedron, the regular tetrahedron, a rhombohedron, an octahedron with a rhombic base, and a double six-sided pyramid.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various
The crystals have the form of a hexagonal prism m terminated by a rhombohedron r, the alternate edges between these being sometimes replaced by the faces of a rhombohedron s.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" by Various
Crystals with plane faces are usually twinned, there being an interpenetration of two rhombohedra with the vertical axes parallel.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" by Various
Acute rhombohedra in combination with the basal pinacoid are also frequent, giving crystals of octahedral aspect.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various
These three rhombohedra are related in such a manner that, when in combination, the faces of r truncate the polar edges of f, and the faces of e truncate the edges of r.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" by Various
By precipitating chloride of calcium with the carbonates of ammonium and other alkaline carbonates, he obtained small spheres which grew and were transformed into calcic rhombohedra.
From The Mechanism of Life by Stéphane Leduc
The best crystals of the mineral were found many years ago at Chessy near Lyons; these are rhombohedra of a fine apple-green colour.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" by Various
One of the elements; a metal of a reddish white color, crystallizing in rhombohedrons.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Noah Webster
Crystallizes in rhombohedrons with curved faces; these crystals are distinctly cleavable and massive.
From The Elements of Blowpipe Analysis by Frederick Hutton Getman
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