[Rockhounds] Crystal systems templates

[William Dicks]

Pretty much any high school Earth Science lab manual would have a page
or two of cut-N-fold crystal models.
 I use the Spaulding & Namowitz text book published by
McDougal-Littell

http://www.mcdougallittell.com/store/ProductCatalogController?cmd=Browse&subcmd=LoadDetail&ID=1005500000031658&frontOrBack=B&division=M01&sortProductsBy=SEQ_TITLE&sortEntriesBy=SEQ_NAME


There are also some "Block Diagram" books designed to cut-N-paste.

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Bill Dicks
Teacher,
Northville High School
Board Member,
Michigan Earth Science Teachers Association


>>> tjokela at execulink.com 12/08/08 11:06 AM >>>
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


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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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