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Triclinic

adjective
1.
Having three unequal crystal axes intersecting at oblique angles.  Synonym: anorthic.





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... arranged according to their system of crystallisation are MONOCLINIC, having one axis obliquely inclined; or TRICLINIC, having the three axes all obliquely inclined to each other. If arranged with reference to their cleavage they are ORTHOCLASTIC, the fracture taking place always at a right angle; or PLAGIOCLASTIC, in which the cleavages are oblique to one another. Orthoclase is orthoclastic and monoclinic; all ...
— The Student's Elements of Geology • Sir Charles Lyell
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Words linked to "Triclinic" :   crystallography, monoclinic, anorthic


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