TOT strip

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Figure 4: (A) Schematic projection of the monoclinic amphibole structure on a plane perpendicular to the c axis. (B) Control of cleavage angles by I beams in the amphibole structure.

The rolling of structural shapes.

Figure 3: (A) Schematic projection of the monoclinic pyroxene structure perpendicular to the c axis. (B) Control of cleavage angles by the I beams in the pyroxene structure.

TOT strip

mineralogy

Also known as: I beam, tetrahedral-octahedral-tetrahedral strip(Show More)

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amphibole
Crystal structure
…(t-o-t) strips, also known as I beams, are approximately twice as wide in the b direction as the equivalent t-o-t strips in pyroxenes because of the doubling of the chains in the amphiboles. The t-o-t I beams are schematically shown in Figure 4B. The structure ruptures around the stronger I…
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…(t-o-t) strips, also known as I beams, are approximately twice as wide in the b direction as the equivalent t-o-t strips in pyroxenes because of the doubling of the chains in the amphiboles. The t-o-t I beams are schematically shown in Figure 4B. The structure ruptures around the stronger I…
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pyroxene
Crystal structure
Together, these form a tetrahedral-octahedral-tetrahedral (t-o-t) strip. A schematic projection of the pyroxene structure perpendicular to the caxis and the relationship of the pyroxene cleavage to the t-o-t strips or I beams is shown in Figure 3.
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Together, these form a tetrahedral-octahedral-tetrahedral (t-o-t) strip. A schematic projection of the pyroxene structure perpendicular to the caxis and the relationship of the pyroxene cleavage to the t-o-t strips or I beams is shown in Figure 3.
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