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  2. Law of constancy of interfacial angles - Wikipedia

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    The interfacial angle (red), is the angle between the normals (blue) to the two crystal faces.The law of constancy of interfacial angles (German: Das Gesetz der Winkelkonstanz; French: Loi de constance des angles) is an empirical law in the fields of crystallography and mineralogy concerning the shape, or morphology, of crystals.

  3. Barium borate - Wikipedia

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    The crystals exist in the high-temperature α phase and low-temperature β phase, abbreviated as BBO; both phases are birefringent, and BBO is a common nonlinear optical material. Barium borate was discovered and developed by Chen Chuangtian and others of the Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences .

  4. Acoustic metamaterial - Wikipedia

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    An acoustic metamaterial, sonic crystal, or phononic crystal is a material designed to manipulate sound waves or phonons in gases, liquids, and solids (crystal lattices).By carefully controlling properties such as the bulk modulus β, density ρ, and chirality, these materials can be tailored to interact with sound in specific ways, such as transmitting, trapping, or amplifying waves at ...

  5. List of minerals - Wikipedia

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    Amethyst crystals – a purple quartz Apophyllite crystals sitting right beside a cluster of peachy bowtie stilbite Aquamarine variety of beryl with tourmaline on orthoclase Arsenopyrite from Hidalgo del Parral, Chihuahua, Mexico Aurichalcite needles spraying out within a protected pocket lined by bladed calcite crystals Austinite from the Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Durango, Mexico Ametrine ...

  6. Baryte - Wikipedia

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    Baryte, barite or barytes (/ ˈ b ær aɪ t, ˈ b ɛər-/ BARR-eyet, BAIR-[7] or / b ə ˈ r aɪ t iː z / bə-RYTE-eez [8]) is a mineral consisting of barium sulfate (BaS O 4). [3] Baryte is generally white or colorless, and is the main source of the element barium.

  7. For the Very First Time, We've Actually Filmed Sound Waves ...

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    Scientists successfully filmed sound waves in a diamond crystal structure for the first time ever using an X-ray free-electron laser (XFEL).

  8. Monoclinic crystal system - Wikipedia

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    A crystal system is described by three vectors. In the monoclinic system, the crystal is described by vectors of unequal lengths, as in the orthorhombic system. They form a parallelogram prism. Hence two pairs of vectors are perpendicular (meet at right angles), while the third pair makes an angle other than 90°.

  9. Chrysoberyl - Wikipedia

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    The high water content of the magma made it possible for the crystals to grow quickly, so pegmatite crystals are often quite large, which increases the likelihood of gem specimens forming. Chrysoberyl can also grow in the country rocks near to pegmatites, when Be- and Al-rich fluids from the pegmatite react with surrounding minerals.