Crystallographic Poetry

cubic
tetragonal
hexagonal
trigonal
orthorhombic
monoclinic
triclinic
quasicrystal
2,3,4-fold
inversion centre
point symmetry
spacegroup
unit cell
crystal system
Bravais
lattice types
(111) lattice plane families
Miller indices
face-centered
body-centered
coordination polyhedron
corner-connected
edge-connected
tetrahedral holes
octahedral holes
crystal class
rhombic dodecahedron
1-bar
morphology
crystal faces
habitus
rhombohedral
6-bar
isotypic
base
motif
primitive
quasi crystalline
hkl values
variety
cube
prism
Recommended further reading
Christian Bk, Crystallography.
Toronto: Coach House Press, 2003 (2nd. Ed.)
Paperback, 158 pages
ISBN-13: 978-1-55245-119-9, ISBN: 1-55245-119-4
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The language as a crystallization process
Systematization
cubic
tetragonal
hexagonal
trigonal
orthorhombic
monoclinic
triclinic
unit cell
crystal system
(111) lattice plane families
Miller indices
coordination polyhedra
corner-connected edge-connected
tetrahedral holes octahedral holes
point group
spacegroup
crystal class
cube, prism, rhombic dodecahedron
morphology
crystal faces
habitus
isotypic
primitive
hkl values
variety
2,3,4,6-fold axis of rotation
inversion centre
1-bar 6-bar
symmetry elements
Bravais lattices
face-centered
body-centered
lattice
base
motif
quasicrystal
quasi crystalline
closest packing of spheres