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2013 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

1. Crystal Morphology and Crystal Symmetry

Authors : Mark Ladd, Rex Palmer

Published in: Structure Determination by X-ray Crystallography

Publisher: Springer US

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Abstract

Crystals, with their plane faces, sharp angles, and color, have excited interest since the earliest times. Their color and decorative qualities are recorded in the Bible [1]: we need not start as far back as that, but will consider instead some of the highlights in the build-up of the science of Crystallography.

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Footnotes
1
In 1913, Laue’s father was raised to the ranks of hereditary nobility; Laue then became von Laue.
 
2
See also Sect.​ 8.​9.
 
3
Read as “bar-two one bar-three,” or “two-bar one three-bar” in the USA.
 
4
Read as “bar-R”, or “R-bar” in the United States.
 
5
See Bibliography (Ladd 1989).
 
6
Strictly, the term Laue group should be Laue class, but the former is in general use.
 
7
Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, 2011.
 
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Metadata
Title
Crystal Morphology and Crystal Symmetry
Authors
Mark Ladd
Rex Palmer
Copyright Year
2013
Publisher
Springer US
Book
Structure Determination by X-ray Crystallography

Print ISBN: 978-1-4614-3956-1

Electronic ISBN: 978-1-4614-3954-7

Copyright Year: 2013

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3954-7_1

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