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Crystal Morphology and Crystal Symmetry

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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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Notes

  1. 1.

    In 1913, Laue’s father was raised to the ranks of hereditary nobility; Laue then became von Laue.

  2. 2.

    See also Sect. 8.9.

  3. 3.

    Read as “bar-two one bar-three,” or “two-bar one three-bar” in the USA.

  4. 4.

    Read as “bar-R”, or “R-bar” in the United States.

  5. 5.

    See Bibliography (Ladd 1989).

  6. 6.

    Strictly, the term Laue group should be Laue class, but the former is in general use.

  7. 7.

    Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, 2011.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. University of Surrey, Guildford, England

    Mark Ladd (Formerly Head of Chemical Physics)

  2. Birkbeck College, University of London, London, England

    Rex Palmer (Reader Emeritus in Structural Crystallography, Visiting Professor in X-ray Crystallography, Senior Visiting Research Fellow)

  3. University of Greenwich, London, England

    Rex Palmer (Reader Emeritus in Structural Crystallography, Visiting Professor in X-ray Crystallography, Senior Visiting Research Fellow)

  4. Christ Church University, Canterbury, England

    Rex Palmer (Reader Emeritus in Structural Crystallography, Visiting Professor in X-ray Crystallography, Senior Visiting Research Fellow)

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Ladd, M., Palmer, R. (2013). Crystal Morphology and Crystal Symmetry. In: Structure Determination by X-ray Crystallography. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3954-7_1

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