Building Crystals with Unit Cells
Steven Dutch, Professor Emeritus, Natural and Applied Sciences, University of Wisconsin - Green Bay
The picture above shows how a common crystal shape can be built out of cubic unit cells. It shows how the exterior form of a crystal relates to its unit cells. Many other examples are accessible from this page.
- Hexoctahedral Crystal Forms
- Other Isometric Crystal Forms
- Tetragonal Crystal Forms
- Trigonal and Rhombohedral Crystal Forms
- Hexagonal Crystal Forms
- Orthorhombic, Monoclinic and Triclinic Crystal Forms
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Created 15 Sept. 1997, Last Update Sept. 15, 1997
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