Tetragonal Dipyramidal Class

Scheelite
Class: 23rd
Symmetry: 4/m
Symmetry Elements: There is 1 four fold axis and a mirror plane that is perpendicular to
the rotational axis.
Crystallographic Axes: Two axes, a and a' are equal to each other, but they are either
shorter or longer than the c axis.
Angles: All three angles = 90 degrees.
Common Forms: The tetragonal dipyramid tetragonal prism and the pinacoid!
"ost Common "inerals #no$ to this Class: Scapolite $%l&enite 'es%'ianite
po$ellite narsars%(ite meta)*e%nerite le%cite &erg%sonite and scheelite. Tetragonal
rism

Tetragonal +yramid

Tetragonal Dipyramid

Ditetragonal +rism

Ditetragonal +yramid

Ditetragonal Dipyramid

Tetragonal Trape*ohedron

Tetragonal Scalenohedron

Tetragonal Disphenoid

Tetragonal Compo%nd Forms

The +rismatic Class

,-+S."
Class: /th
Symmetry: 2/m
Symmetry Elements: !ne two fold axis with a perpendicular mirror plane
Axes: "one are equal
Angles: Alpha and beta angles = 90 degrees but gamma does not.
Common Forms: The monoclinic prism and the pinacoid.
"ost Common "inerals #no$n to this Class: This is the largest symmetry class in terms
of the number of minerals with almost ele#en hundred recogni$ed members. %ome of the
more noteworthy members are Acanthite actinolite aegirine allanite anna0ergite
ar&'edsonite arsenopyrite a%gite a%richalcite a*%rite 0annisterite 0eryllonite
0iotite 0orax 0o%langerite 0ra*ilianite 0rochantite 0%tlerite cala'erite carnotite
catapleiite caledonite celsian chalcocite charoite chondrodite chrysotile serpentine
clinochlore clinoclase clinoptilolite colemanite coo(eite corn$allite creedite
crocoite cryolite cryptomelane c%mmingtonite datolite diopside d%&renite edenite
epidote erythrite esperite e%clase &l%orrichterite gadolinite gayl%ssite gi00site
gla%0erite gla%conite gra&tonite gyps%m harmotome heden0ergite hessite
he%landite hodg(insonite horn0lende ho$lite h%0nerite hydro0oracite
hydromagnesite hydro*incite illite 1adeite 1amesonite 1ordanite (ernite (id$ellite
(ieserite (inoite (ottingite (o'dors(ite (tenasite lamprophyllite lanar(ite
lang0anite la%montite la*%lite leadhillite legrandite le%cosphenite linarite
liroconite l%dlamite malachite manganite melanterite mona*ite montmorillonite
m%sco'ite oli'enite orpiment orthoclase palygors(ite papagoite pargasite
phillipsite phlogopite poly0asite polylithionite pse%domalachite psilomelane
pyrrhotite realgar richterite rie0ec(ite romanechite rosasite roselite sanidine
sa%conite semseyite s(lodo$s(ite sphene spod%mene sta%rolite stil0ite
stringhamite s%ssexite syl'anite synchysite tainiolite talc tenorite thomsenolite
titanite tremolite trona 'ermic%lite 'es*elyite 'i'ianite 'ol0orthite $he$ellite
$hiteite $ohlerite $ol&ramite xonotlite *inn$aldite *ippeite and *irconolite)2"!