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  2. Phenocryst - Wikipedia

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    A phenocryst is an early forming, relatively large and usually conspicuous crystal distinctly larger than the grains of the rock groundmass of an igneous rock. Such rocks that have a distinct difference in the size of the crystals are called porphyries , and the adjective porphyritic is used to describe them.

  3. List of minerals - Wikipedia

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    Amethyst crystals – a purple quartz Apophyllite crystals sitting right beside a cluster of peachy bowtie stilbite Aquamarine variety of beryl with tourmaline on orthoclase Arsenopyrite from Hidalgo del Parral, Chihuahua, Mexico Aurichalcite needles spraying out within a protected pocket lined by bladed calcite crystals Austinite from the Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Durango, Mexico Ametrine ...

  4. List of Super Proton Synchrotron experiments - Wikipedia

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    Darmstadton hunting in the interaction gamma-crystal 19 Oct 1988: 6 Apr 1989: 1992: 31 Jul 1991: INSPIRE Grey Book — NA47: SMC: Vernon W. Hughes: Measurement of the spin-dependent structure functions of the neutron and proton 20 Apr 1988: 6 Apr 1989: Aug 1991: 30 Sep 1996: INSPIRE Grey Book: Website: NA48: Augusto Ceccucci [note 1]

  5. List of biophysically important macromolecular crystal ...

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    Myoglobin sketch Alpha helix. 1958 – Myoglobin was the very first crystal structure of a protein molecule. [2] Myoglobin cradles an iron-containing heme group that reversibly binds oxygen for use in powering muscle fibers, and those first crystals were of myoglobin from the sperm whale, whose muscles need copious oxygen storage for deep dives.

  6. Crystallography - Wikipedia

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    Crystallography ranges from the fundamentals of crystal structure to the mathematics of crystal geometry, including those that are not periodic or quasicrystals. At the atomic scale it can involve the use of X-ray diffraction to produce experimental data that the tools of X-ray crystallography can convert into detailed positions of atoms, and ...

  7. List of minerals by optical properties - Wikipedia

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    Optical properties of common minerals Name Crystal system Indicatrix Optical sign Birefringence Color in plain polars Anorthite: Triclinic: Biaxial (-) 0.013

  8. Rhodochrosite - Wikipedia

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    The crystal system of rhodochrosite is trigonal, with a structure and cleavage in the carbonate rhombohedral system. The carbonate ions ( CO 2− 3 ) are arranged in a triangular planar configuration, and the manganese ions (Mn 2+ ) are surrounded by six oxygen ions in an octahedral arrangement.

  9. Cubic crystal system - Wikipedia

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    In crystallography, the cubic (or isometric) crystal system is a crystal system where the unit cell is in the shape of a cube. This is one of the most common and simplest shapes found in crystals and minerals. There are three main varieties of these crystals: Primitive cubic (abbreviated cP and alternatively called simple cubic)