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trapezohedron [trə¦pē·zō¦hē·drən]
(crystallography)
An isometric crystal form of 24 faces, each face of which is an irregular four-sided figure. Also known as icositetrahedron; leucitohedron; tetragonal trisoctahedron.
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Qualitatively, the polyhedra that most resemble the tiling sets of the first infinite family are the trapezohedra (Holden 1971), which are duals to the semi-regular antiprisms and which can have spheres inscribed in them.
A geodesic map projection for quadrilaterals by Crider, John E. / Cartography and Geographic Information Science
Analcime from Wasson Bluff is commonly present as well formed trapezohedra growing on other crystals such as twinned heulandite.
Zeolite minerals from the North Shore of the Minas Basin, Nova Scotia by Pe-Piper, Georgia; Miller, Lisa / Atlantic Geology
 
 
 
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