In crystallography, the orthorhombic crystal system is one of the 7 crystal systems. Orthorhombic lattices result from stretching a cubic lattice along...
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the crystal is described by vectors of unequal lengths, as in the orthorhombic system. They form a parallelogram prism. Hence two pairs of vectors are...
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the crystal is described by vectors of unequal length, as in the orthorhombic system. In addition, the angles between these vectors must all be different...
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to a common lattice system are combined into a crystal family. The seven crystal systems are triclinic, monoclinic, orthorhombic, tetragonal, trigonal...
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Aragonite (category Orthorhombic minerals)
environments. The crystal lattice of aragonite differs from that of calcite, resulting in a different crystal shape, an orthorhombic crystal system with acicular...
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Anhydrite (category Orthorhombic minerals)
is a mineral with the chemical formula CaSO4. It is in the orthorhombic crystal system, with three directions of perfect cleavage parallel to the three...
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Cerussite (category Orthorhombic minerals)
crystallizes in the orthorhombic crystal system and is isomorphous with aragonite. Like aragonite it is very frequently twinned, the compound crystals being pseudo-hexagonal...
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Topaz (category Orthorhombic minerals)
relatively low index of refraction. It has the orthorhombic crystal system and a dipyramidial crystal class. It occurs in many places in the world. Some...
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Triphylite (category Orthorhombic minerals)
lithiophilite. Triphylite crystallizes in the orthorhombic crystal system. It rarely forms prismatic crystals and is more frequently found in hypidiomorphic...
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Prehnite (category Orthorhombic minerals)
for aluminium in the structure. Prehnite crystallizes in the orthorhombic crystal system, and most often forms as stalactitic, botryoidal, reniform or...
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