#crystallography

[nemfrog]

Space lattice with crystallographic axes. Crystalline form and chemical constitution. 1926.

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[jadiaashley]

[noosphe-re]

The symmetry of crystals. Representation of crystal classes Representations of the 32 crystal classes as shown in the International Tables for X-ray Crystallography. https://www.xtal.iqfr.csic.es/Cristalografia/parte_03_2-en.html

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[mineralsrocksandfossiltalks]

Monday Musings: Is Copper a mineral or an element?

It's November now so we will now be switching from paleontology to mineralogy! With that in mind, this month will be all about copper!

So, is copper an element or a mineral? It's both!

How you ask? Easy. An element is only made of one type of atom. Copper, for example is only made of copper atoms.

A mineral is a solid inorganic substance with a defined crystal structure and chemical composition. Copper is solid and inorganic. It's only made of copper atoms so it has a defined chemical composition. It also has a defined crystal structure in the form of a face-centered cubic (isometric) system.

Now you know something new about copper. Tune in tomorrow for some copper trivia!

[illuminatingfacts]

What Are the Strange and Unusual Wigner Crystals? | Mental Itch

What are Wigner Crystals? 🤔 These strange, unusual formations of electrons defy the ordinary and reveal the wonders of quantum physics! ✨🔬 Dive into this fascinating phenomenon. https://mentalitch.com/what-are-the-strange-and-unusual-wigner-crystals/

[tenth-sentence]

Furthermore, the crystallographic pattern repeats every 3.4 nm.

"Chemistry" 2e - Blackman, A., Bottle, S., Schmid, S., Mocerino, M., Wille, U.

[000marie198]

Loving how the gateway portals to the different Shatterverses, which formed due to the shattering of Paradox Prism, are surrounded by the Hexagonal Prismatic crystal structures.

I hated studying mineralogy but this is one perk of it that I like. The structures surrounding those portals are literally the most basic crystal forms in Triclinic Prismatic Class and the main form of Hexagonal Prismatic Class.

And if you see the whole Prism, it is of Triclinic Prismatic structure! (Mineralogists would be able to see it better but the purple shard makes it more clear, look at how it has six prismatic surfaces, it looks like a honeycomb with unequal angles.)

Like, the attention to detail and the research done for this series is just *Chef's kiss*