BISPHENOIDAL CLASS

(Bisphenoidal-tetartohedral).

Here there is only a single dyad axis of symmetry, which coincides

with the principal axis. All the forms, except the prisms and basal

pinacoid, are sphenoids. Crystals possessing this type of symmetry

have not yet been observed.

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