Abstract
The size, shape, and elongation of biaxial crystals are determined essentially the same way as for uniaxial crystals. The sign of elongation is defined somewhat more completely. Crystals may be elongated parallel to either X, Y, or Z, or to none of these. Crystals elongated parallel to Y are considered to have an indeterminate (±) sign of elongation.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 1994 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Stoiber, R.E., Morse, S.A. (1994). Crystallographic Relations of Biaxial Crystals. In: Crystal Identification with the Polarizing Microscope. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2387-1_13
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2387-1_13
Publisher Name: Springer, Boston, MA
Print ISBN: 978-0-412-04831-9
Online ISBN: 978-1-4615-2387-1
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive