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Zircon

Locality: Métou brook alluvials, Vergonzac, Siaugues-Sainte-Marie, Langeac, Haute-Loire, Auvergne, France

Size 1 mm – The modeling of the crystal shows a prism with forms {100} and {110}. The pinacoid form {001} is présent. The main dipyramidal forms are {302} and {332}. The secondary dipyramidal forms are {112}, {201} and {732}. - Photo and collection François Périnet.
Modeling process on http://www.micromineral.org/images/stories/pieces_jointes/cristaux_modelises/modelisationcristalzircon.pdf

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