Brachypinacoid


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Brach`y`pin´a`coid


n.1.(Crytallog.) A plane of an orthorhombic crystal which is parallel both to the vertical axis and to the shorter lateral (brachydiagonal) axis.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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In addition to the most common habit, two specimens show crystals bladed parallel to the b-axis (habit 2), and three loose crystals consist of the dipyramid terminated by the brachypinacoid (habit 3).
Szenicsite: a new copper molybdate from Inca de Oro, Atacama, Chile
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