Standard crystals

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Comment by Guido R on December 5, 2016 at 6:20pm

I love the edge sparkle,

Nice touch!!!

Comment by Alexander on November 30, 2016 at 9:16am

So this is what attention to detail looks like... Very very satisfying.

Comment by David Rutten on November 30, 2016 at 1:52am

@mark, I didn't really want to use the correct names as I just drew the shapes by hand without any regard for exact angles or ratios. I worry using specific scientific labels would imply a level of accuracy that doesn't in fact exist.

Comment by mark zirinsky on November 29, 2016 at 8:09pm

Nice. Not sure if anyone else other than myself will even care, but FYI, the standard crystal shapes in the mineral world, after Dana, are cubic, orthorhombic, hexagonal, trigonal, tetragonal, Monoclinic, triclinic and icosahedral. All other naturally occurring crystal shapes are derived by various modifications of these 7 systems. IMO, using these as the micro basis for designs can lead to natural looking macro designs.