Hexagonal-Trigonal System
Cochise College
Virtual Geology Museum
Hall of Minerals
Crystals and Crystal Models
Hexagonal-Trigonal System
Roger Weller,
geology instructor (
wellerr@cochise.edu
)
last edited: 6/23/08 number of
photos: 73
illustrations
Illustrations from Manual of Mineralogy and
Petrology,
by James D. Dana, 1889:
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wooden crystal models
model 84-hexagonal dipyramid:
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model 85- dihexagonal pyramid:
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model 86-hexagonal prism with base:
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model 87-12-sided prism and basal pinacoid:
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model 89-6-sided prism and dipyramid:
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model 98-rhombohedron:
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model 99:
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model 100-scalendohedron:
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model 105:
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model 109-modified rhombohedron:
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model 114-tourmaline type prism:
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model 130:
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molecular structure models
models of
calcite crystalline structure:
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models of graphite crystalline
structure:
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crystals of minerals
hexagonal dipyramid
quartz:
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corundum:
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hexagonal prism and basal pinacoid
beryl (aquamarine):
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corundum (ruby):
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vanadinite:
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pyromorphite:
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rhombohedron
calcite:
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chabazite:
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dolomite:
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rhodochrosite:
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siderite:
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rhombohedron and
prism
calcite:
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quartz:
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scalendohedron
calcite:
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