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Definition of Trapezohedra
1. trapezohedron [n] - See also: trapezohedron
Lexicographical Neighbors of Trapezohedra
Literary usage of Trapezohedra
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mineralogy: An Introduction to the Scientific Study of Minerals by Henry Alexander Miers (1902)
"Right- handed crystals display positive trapezohedra under the right corner of
R, negative trapezohedra under the left corner of z. In left- handed crystals ..."
2. Text-book of Systematic Mineralogy by Hilary Bauerman (1881)
"The trapezohedra are negative when they lie below the faces of the smaller or
negative rhombohedron r, or between s and/2 m fig- \57 «, or s and /6 in fig- ..."
3. The Roman Comagmatic Region by Henry Stephens Washington (1906)
"Leucite phenocrysts very abundant, almost one-half of rock, 5 to 20 mm., or
larger, euhedral trapezohedra, sometimes fragmentary, white to very pale gray. ..."
4. Text-book of Descriptive Mineralogy by Hilary Bauerman (1884)
"When the combination includes ' rhomb' faces of a trigonal pyramid s, with or
without those of trapezohedra x, as in fig. 71. ..."
5. Transactions of the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec (1829)
"Crystallized in trapezohedra, contained in lava. 389. L. Near Rome. ...
Crystallized in trapezohedra. 393. L. Giants' Causeway. do. 394. L. Scotland. do. ..."
6. Transactions (1829)
"Crystallized in trapezohedra, contained in lava. 389. L. Near Rome. ...
Crystallized in trapezohedra. 393. L. Giants' Causeway. do. 394. L. Scotland. do. ..."
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