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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'')
 
<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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==Definition==
Two crystals forming a ''[[twin]]'' are symmetrically related by an inversion centre (''twin centre'').
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Two crystals form an ''inversion [[twin]]'' when the [[twin operation]] is an inversion through a centre (''twin centre'').
  
 
== See also ==
 
== See also ==
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[[Category:Fundamental crystallography]]
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[[Category:Twinning]]

Revision as of 17:18, 15 April 2007

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

Definition

Two crystals form an inversion twin when the twin operation is an inversion through a centre (twin centre).

See also

twinning by inversion