rhombohedron
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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
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
Calcite cleaves in three directions parallel to the faces of the primitive rhombohedron.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" 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 end faces are cut off in such a manner that the angle of 72� which they originally form with the lateral edge of the rhombohedron is reduced to 68�.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 441, June 14, 1884. by Various
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