[Rockhounds] Crystal systems templates

[Tim Jokela Jr.]

I can think of two books with crystal templates that you can copy, cut, and 
build:

Understanding Crystallography by Jennie Smith

Mineral Identification by Don Peck

The former was published over 15 years ago, and I'm not sure about its 
availability. The latter is available from the Mineralogical Record, see 
their website or a recent copy of the mag.

Both are superb and I would suggest that for most serious mineral collectors 
they should be considered mandatory reading.

T


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lawrence Rush" <larryrush at worldnet.att.net>
To: "Rockhounds at drizzle.com: A mailing list for rock and gem collectors" 
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Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2008 8:31 PM
Subject: [Rockhounds] Crystal systems templates


>I am looking for a source of printable templates of the crystal systems 
>which can be cut, folded and glued into geometric forms. These are to be 
>used as teaching examples of the crystal systems for a beginning class in 
>mineralogy.
>
> I made my own once (laborious!), and found some once on the web, but am 
> not having any luck right now.
>
> Larry Rush
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