Figure 3
The piling of the cubic `integrant molecules' which forms the pentagonal dodecahedron of pyrite. Notice the decrescence of the molecular lamellae in the proportion of 2:1, which leads to an interfacial angle at pq of 126° 52′ 12″, closely corresponding to that of the empirical crystal, viz 127° 56′ 08″ (Haüy, 1801, Atlas). |