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Ch. 1: Form of Minerals

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FORM OF MINERALS.
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ther, so that the faces of the octahedron now predominate, and the sign, of the same two elements but in reverse order, is O . <x>0°o. In fig. 18 the cube has its edges replaced
by the faces of the rhombic-dodecahedron, the sign being while in fig. 19 there is the same combina­tion, but with the faces of the cube subordinate, and hence the symbol is The former figure, it will be
seen, has more the general aspect of the cube; the latter of the dodecahedron.
In combinations of semitesseral forms with oblique faces, the tetahedron, the rhombic-dodecahedron, or even the hexahedron, seldomer a trigonal-dodecahedron, are the more
common predominant forms. In fig. 20 two tetrahedrons in opposite positions,are combined. In fig. 21a
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