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from The Century Dictionary.
- In crystallography, a double six-sided pyramid, represented by uniting two six-sided single pyramids base to base.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Crystallog.) A form of crystal common with quartz, consisting of two six-sided pyramids, base to base.
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- noun mineralogy A form of
crystal resemblingquartz , having two six-sidedpyramids ,base to base.
Etymologies
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quartz + -oid
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