Tetragonal Dipyramidal Class

Scheelite

Class: 23rd Symmetry: 4/m Symmetry Elements: There is 1 four fold axis and a mirror plane that is perpendicular to the rotational axis. Crystallographic Axes: Two axes, a and a' are equal to each other, but they are either shorter or longer than the c axis. Angles: All three angles = 90 degrees. Common Forms: The tetragonal dipyramid tetragonal prism and the pinacoid! "ost Common "inerals #no$ to this Class: Scapolite $%l&enite 'es%'ianite po$ellite narsars%(ite meta)*e%nerite le%cite &erg%sonite and scheelite. Tetragonal rism

Tetragonal +yramid

Tetragonal Dipyramid

Ditetragonal +rism

Ditetragonal +yramid

Ditetragonal Dipyramid

Tetragonal Trape*ohedron

Tetragonal Scalenohedron

Tetragonal Disphenoid

Tetragonal Compo%nd Forms

The +rismatic Class

,-+S." Class: /th Symmetry: 2/m Symmetry Elements: !ne two fold axis with a perpendicular mirror plane

Axes: "one are equal Angles: Alpha and beta angles = 90 degrees but gamma does not. Common Forms: The monoclinic prism and the pinacoid. "ost Common "inerals #no$n to this Class: This is the largest symmetry class in terms of the number of minerals with almost ele#en hundred recogni$ed members. %ome of the more noteworthy members are Acanthite actinolite aegirine allanite anna0ergite ar&'edsonite arsenopyrite a%gite a%richalcite a*%rite 0annisterite 0eryllonite 0iotite 0orax 0o%langerite 0ra*ilianite 0rochantite 0%tlerite cala'erite carnotite catapleiite caledonite celsian chalcocite charoite chondrodite chrysotile serpentine clinochlore clinoclase clinoptilolite colemanite coo(eite corn$allite creedite crocoite cryolite cryptomelane c%mmingtonite datolite diopside d%&renite edenite epidote erythrite esperite e%clase &l%orrichterite gadolinite gayl%ssite gi00site gla%0erite gla%conite gra&tonite gyps%m harmotome heden0ergite hessite he%landite hodg(insonite horn0lende ho$lite h%0nerite hydro0oracite hydromagnesite hydro*incite illite 1adeite 1amesonite 1ordanite (ernite (id$ellite (ieserite (inoite (ottingite (o'dors(ite (tenasite lamprophyllite lanar(ite lang0anite la%montite la*%lite leadhillite legrandite le%cosphenite linarite liroconite l%dlamite malachite manganite melanterite mona*ite montmorillonite m%sco'ite oli'enite orpiment orthoclase palygors(ite papagoite pargasite phillipsite phlogopite poly0asite polylithionite pse%domalachite psilomelane pyrrhotite realgar richterite rie0ec(ite romanechite rosasite roselite sanidine sa%conite semseyite s(lodo$s(ite sphene spod%mene sta%rolite stil0ite stringhamite s%ssexite syl'anite synchysite tainiolite talc tenorite thomsenolite titanite tremolite trona 'ermic%lite 'es*elyite 'i'ianite 'ol0orthite $he$ellite $hiteite $ohlerite $ol&ramite xonotlite *inn$aldite *ippeite and *irconolite)2"!