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    Mineral crystals form six basic geometric shapes determined by the angles between atoms: isometric, hexagonal, tetragonal, orthorhombic, monoclinic, and triclinic. Examples of common minerals that exhibit each crystal shape are provided. The document then provides instructions for assembling cut-out paper models of the six basic mineral crystal shapes using card stock, scissors, glue, and clips or clothespins to hold the joints while drying. Patience is advised, as is taking care to use minimal glue so it does not ooze from the joints.

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    Mineral crystals form six basic geometric shapes determined by the angles between atoms: isometric, hexagonal, tetragonal, orthorhombic, monoclinic, and triclinic. Examples of common minerals that exhibit each crystal shape are provided. The document then provides instructions for assembling cut-out paper models of the six basic mineral crystal shapes using card stock, scissors, glue, and clips or clothespins to hold the joints while drying. Patience is advised, as is taking care to use minimal glue so it does not ooze from the joints.

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    Mineral crystals form six basic geometric shapes determined by the angles between atoms: isometric, hexagonal, tetragonal, orthorhombic, monoclinic, and triclinic. Examples of common minerals that exhibit each crystal shape are provided. The document then provides instructions for assembling cut-out paper models of the six basic mineral crystal shapes using card stock, scissors, glue, and clips or clothespins to hold the joints while drying. Patience is advised, as is taking care to use minimal glue so it does not ooze from the joints.

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    Cut-and-assemble mineral crystal shapes

    A mineral, by definition, has a crystal shape. These shapes fall into one of six basic
    groups, although there are many variations within these groups. (In fact, some of these variations
    may look to us very unlike anything else in the group.) The defining characteristic that determines
    which group a crystal belongs in is the geometric angles between the atoms in the crystal.
    The shapes shown below are the simplest shapes in each category. If you want to see
    other variations, a good rock and mineral book (such as Simon & Schusters Guide) will have
    drawings of much more complex shapes. (The Internet probably has this same information, too.)

    Examples of minerals in each category:


    ISOMETRIC: salt, pyrite, garnet, galena, fluorite, copper, silver, gold
    HEXAGONAL: quartz, calcite, tourmaline, graphite, beryl, apatite, corundum, hematite, cinnabar
    TETRAGONAL: zircon, rutile, wulfenite, chalcopyrite
    ORTHORHOMBIC: sulfur, topaz, olivine, barite, stibnite, epsomite, aragonite
    MONOCLINIC: orthoclase, mica, gypsum, malachite, azurite
    TRICLINIC: albite, rhodonite

    You will need:


    copies of the pattern pages printed onto card stock (any color)
    scissors
    white glue
    paper clips or clothespins to hold joints while they dry (optional, but recommended)
    Directions:
    1) Copy the pattern pages onto card stock. (Tip: Card stock feeds through most
    computer printers, so if getting to a copy shop is hard, keep a supply of card stock on hand so
    you can print onto it using your computers printer.)
    2) Cut out the crystal shapes. Cut on all solid lines.
    3) You may want to score the dotted fold lines using a ruler and a very sharp pencil. Run
    the sharp pencil point along each fold line. Press hard enough that the paper is slightly dented.
    This will make folding very easy.
    4) Pre-fold along all the fold lines. Dont be overly concerned about folding the wrong way
    because any pre-folding is better than none at all.
    5) Put a SMALL amount of white glue on one or two of the tabs. White glue is very strong
    and you dont need a lot of it. Press and hold those one or two joints for at least 30 seconds. If
    you dont have the time or patience to hold the joints, clip them with paper clips or clothespins
    and let them dry for a few minutes.
    The most common mistake students make when assembling paper projects is to
    use too much glue. If glue oozes out the cracks when you press the joint, youve used too
    much glue!!
    One way to help students avoid using too much glue is to tell them not to squeeze it
    directly from the bottle onto the tab. Have them put a few drops onto a piece of paper and just
    dip the tip of their finger into it.
    You may want to work on two models at a time. This way, while one set of joints is drying,
    you can be working on another one.
    6) When you get to the last joints, you just have to do the best you can to get the joints to
    stick. You can try folding the tabs just barely enough to get them in, so that after they are in they
    will apply a little counterpressure and push back up against the surface. Or, you could resort to
    using a flattened out paperclip that you can poke into the adjacent corner, giving you an extra
    hand (albeit a skinny one!) inside the figure. You might not have to resort to this though. The
    best tool youve got when doing a project like this is: PATIENCE!
    Display suggestion: The complete figures make a nice mobile. (They are also less likely to be
    damaged while hanging up.)

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