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Triclinic System

Characteristics of Triclinic Crystals
  • the three crystallographic axes are of unequal lengths that make oblique angles to each other.
  • 1-fold symmetry axis as their only symmetry

Pedion

Pinacoidal

Common Minerals of the Triclinic System
  • Amblygonite
  • Chalcanthite
  • Microcline
  • Pectolite
  • Plagioclase
  • Polyhalite
  • Rhodonite
  • Turquoise
  • Ulexite
  • Wollastonite

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