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Definition of Hemitropes
1. hemitrope [n] - See also: hemitrope
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hemitropes
Literary usage of Hemitropes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"168. frequently occur in octahedral hemitropes of the same ... In the tetragonal
system, twin crystals are very uncommon, but hemitropes frequent. ..."
2. The Annals of Philosophy by Richard Phillips, E W Brayley (1824)
"Those of plane P 119° 12'and 60° 8' M 116 35 63 25 T 99 45 80 15 The crystals of
albite are frequently or almost always met under the form of hemitropes.f ..."
3. A Dictionary of Chemistry by Andrew Ure (1828)
"A mineral in crystals, frequently, or, almost always, met under the form of
hemitropes. These hemitropes ..."
4. An Elementary Treatise on Mineralogy: Comprising an Introduction to the Science by William Phillips, Robert Allan, Francis Alger (1844)
"These hemitropes are common in spinel, spinel ruby, and pleisto-magnetic iron.
There is another kind which is frequently witnessed in the oxide of tin. ..."
5. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1883)
"... so called hemitropes. and talc slates, and below these again occurs another,
but smaller bed ot green serpentine of about 180 feet in thickness, ..."
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