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  2. Octahedral prism - Wikipedia

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    The two octahedral cells project onto the entire volume of this envelope, while the 8 triangular prismic cells project onto its 8 triangular faces. The triangular-prism-first orthographic projection of the octahedral prism into 3D space has a hexagonal prismic envelope. The two octahedral cells project onto the two hexagonal faces.

  3. List of minerals - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of minerals which have Wikipedia articles.. Minerals are distinguished by various chemical and physical properties. Differences in chemical composition and crystal structure distinguish the various species.

  4. Crystal structure - Wikipedia

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    Octahedral (red) and tetrahedral (blue) interstitial sites in a face-centered cubic lattice. Interstitial sites refer to the empty spaces in between the atoms in the crystal lattice. These spaces can be filled by oppositely charged ions to form multi-element structures.

  5. Molecular geometry - Wikipedia

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    For example, sulfur hexafluoride (SF 6) is an octahedral molecule. Trigonal pyramidal : A trigonal pyramidal molecule has a pyramid-like shape with a triangular base. Unlike the linear and trigonal planar shapes but similar to the tetrahedral orientation, pyramidal shapes require three dimensions in order to fully separate the electrons.

  6. Octahedral molecular geometry - Wikipedia

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    The energy gap is labeled Δ o, which varies according to the number and nature of the ligands. If the symmetry of the complex is lower than octahedral, the e g and t 2g levels can split further. For example, the t 2g and e g sets split further in trans-ML a 4 L b 2. Ligand strength has the following order for these electron donors:

  7. Prism (geology) - Wikipedia

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    These types of sediments are typically formed during orogenic deformation; for example, the arkose detrital sedimentary rock found in fault troughs. [1] Hexagonal aquamarine prism with stubby quartz prisms. In mineralogy, prismatic is also type of mineral habit (appearance of a crystal). Prismatic minerals have crystals that show a uniform ...

  8. Coordination geometry - Wikipedia

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    For example, in the rock salt ionic structure each sodium atom has six near neighbour chloride ions in an octahedral geometry and each chloride has similarly six near neighbour sodium ions in an octahedral geometry. In metals with the body centred cubic (bcc) structure each atom has eight nearest neighbours in a cubic geometry.

  9. Octahedron - Wikipedia

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    Natural crystals of diamond, alum or fluorite are commonly octahedral, as the space-filling tetrahedral-octahedral honeycomb. The plates of kamacite alloy in octahedrite meteorites are arranged paralleling the eight faces of an octahedron. Many metal ions coordinate six ligands in an octahedral or distorted octahedral configuration.