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There is an intimate relation between the internal structure of minerals and their properties. Povaren-nykh (1972) said:
Polymorphic species (diamond and graphite, calcite and aragonite, kyanite and sillimanite) provide the best evidence that the structure type and bond distribution are the decisive factors as regards properties[...]; only a consideration of structural features (bond distribution and strength) can give a full conception of all the major properties.
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Lima-De-Faria, J. (1994). Structure and properties. In: Structural Mineralogy. Solid Earth Sciences Library, vol 7. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8392-3_5
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