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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A solid consisting of two twelve-sided pyramids placed base to base: so called because the planes of this form are common in crystals of beryl.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Crystallog.) A solid consisting of a double twelve-sided pyramid; -- so called because the planes of this form occur on crystals of beryl.

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  • noun a solid consisting of a double twelve-sided pyramid

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