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Transparent packing models of layer-lattice silicates based on the observed structure of muscovite
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 March 2018
Abstract
A simple jig is described for the construction of a model of the muscovite structure in which the distorted hexagonal, i.e., ditrigonal, arrangement of the basal oxygens of the tetrahedra is accurately represented. The model is of the packing kind as opposed to the ball-and-spoke kind and demonstrates the advantages of this type of model, which would be more generally used if transparent plastic balls were available commercially.
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