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<Font color="blue"> Macle par inversion </Font> (''Fr''). <Font color="red"> Inversionszwilling </Font> (''Ge''). <Font color="green"> Macla por inversión </Font> (''Sp''). <Font color="black"> Geminato per inversione </Font>(''It'')
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<font color="blue">Macle par inversion</font> (''Fr''). <font color="red">Inversionszwilling </font> (''Ge''). <font color="black">Geminato per inversione</font> (''It''). <font color="purple">反転双晶</font> (''Ja''). <font color="green">Macla por inversión</font> (''Sp'').
  
 
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==Definition==
Two crystals forming a ''[[twin]]'' are symmetrically related by an inversion centre (''twin centre'').
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Two domains of one crystal form an ''inversion [[twin]]'' when the [[twin operation]] is an inversion through a centre (''twin inversion centre'').
  
 
== See also ==
 
== See also ==
  
''[[twinning by inversion]]
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*[[Twinning by inversion]]
  
  
[[Category:Fundamental crystallography]]
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[[Category:Twinning]]

Latest revision as of 17:25, 14 November 2017

Macle par inversion (Fr). Inversionszwilling (Ge). Geminato per inversione (It). 反転双晶 (Ja). Macla por inversión (Sp).

Definition

Two domains of one crystal form an inversion twin when the twin operation is an inversion through a centre (twin inversion centre).

See also