Friday, September 19, 2008

Crystlas






The 6 crystal forms include cubic, tetragonal, hexagonal, orthohombic, monoclinic, and triclinic. An example of cubic is pyrite. An example of tetragonal is magnetite. An example of hexagonal is ikaite. An example of orthohombic is graphite. An example of monoclinic is opal. A purple flourite specimen is an cubic formed mineral. Zircon is an form of tetragonal mineral. A beryl is an example of an hexagonal mineral. An adimite is an example of an monoclinic mineral. A azurite is an example of an monoclinic mineral. A boleite is an example of a triclinic mineral. MIinerals come in all diffrent shapes, colors, and sizes

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