Orientations mutuelles observées sur des cristaux d'hématite

The reactivity of hematite depends among other factors on the morphology of the crystal. The choice of the orientation of the reference axes has been made with the help of stereographic projection combined with the morphology of the etch figures on the different faces of the crystal. That the most stable face of a crystal corresponds to the composition plane is shown for crystals of hematite from Elba.