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Diagram showing the seven primitive crystal systems with labeled 3D shapes: isometric (cubic), tetragonal, orthorhombic, hexagonal, triclinic, monoclinic, and rhombohedral (trigonal), each with axis orientation and a brief description of their geometric properties.

What Are the Seven Basic Crystal Systems?

Figure 1: Hexagonal lattice of atomic sites.

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What Are the Seven Basic Crystal Systems?

What Are the Seven Basic Crystal Systems?

Minerals crystallize according to one of seven motifs, known as crystal systems.

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Diagram showing the seven primitive crystal systems with labeled 3D shapes: isometric (cubic), tetragonal, orthorhombic, hexagonal, triclinic, monoclinic, and rhombohedral (trigonal), each with axis orientation and a brief description of their geometric properties.

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The seven primitive crystal systems.

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Figure 1: Hexagonal lattice of atomic sites.

Figure 1: Hexagonal lattice of atomic sites.

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