PARALLELEPIPED CRYSTALS
PARALLELEPIPED SHAPED MOLECULAR CRYSTALS
 1  HAVE 2 FACES THAT ARE PARALLELOGRAMS
 2. HAVE 2 PAIRS OF PARALLEL SIDES
     THAT ARE PERPENDICULAR
     TO THE FOUR PARALLEL EDGES OF THE PARALLELOGRAM.
( MONO-CLINIC....SINGLE INCLINE....IS THE FORMER NAME FOR THESE CRYSTALS )
A PARALLELPIPED CRYSTAL
A VIEW OF THE SIDE & TOP
HERE YOU SEE THAT THE CRYSTAL
HAS AN INCLINE OR SLOPE
THEREFORE IT WAS CALLLED
 MONO-CLINIC ( ONE INCLINE )
HERE YOU SEE
THAT IN THIS DIRECTION
THE CRYSTAL IS PERPENDICULAR
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   1. THE PARALLELPIPED CRYSTALS ARE FOUND IN ANODIC
      iDEPOSITS OF THE ELECTRICITY CONDUCTING METALS
   2. A FEW QUARTZ TYPE VERY TRANSPARENT MINERALS
       MAKE PARALLELPIPED CRYSTALS ABOUT 10 CM. LONG
   3. VERY FEW COMPOUNDS HAVE MONO-CLINIC, PARALLELEPIPED
       CRYSTALS OTHER THAN THOSE USED TO MAKE AMALGAMS
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