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Hexagonal crystal family

physical science Maturity 11-13

Some things grow in special shapes.

Berillo.jpg
Berillo.jpg
They can look like six-sided stars. They can look like three-sided shapes too.
Kwarc, Madagaskar.jpg
Kwarc, Madagaskar.jpg
These shapes help make things like ice. They even make pretty stones. Do you like shapes?

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File:Rhombohedral.svg
Rhombohedral.svg
File:Hexagonal lattice.svg
Hexagonal lattice.svg
File:Dolomite sur mimétite (Maroc).jpg
Dolomite sur mimétite (Maroc).jpg
File:Kwarc, Madagaskar.jpg
Kwarc, Madagaskar.jpg
File:Berillo.jpg
Berillo.jpg
File:RhombohedralR.svg
RhombohedralR.svg
File:Hexagonal latticeFRONT.svg
Hexagonal latticeFRONT.svg
File:Hexagonal latticeR.svg
Hexagonal latticeR.svg
File:RhombohedralD.svg
RhombohedralD.svg
File:Hexagonal close packed.svg
Hexagonal close packed.svg
File:Wurtzite cellGIF.gif
Wurtzite cellGIF.gif
File:Wurtzite-unit-cell-3D-balls.png
Wurtzite-unit-cell-3D-balls.png

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