Crystal structure represented by a wooden assemly of three layers of regular octahedra joined at the apexes

Made:
1812-1900 in United Kingdom
Crystal structure represented by a wooden assemly of three

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Crystal structure represented by a wooden assemly of three
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Crystal structure represented by a wooden assemly of three layers of regular octahedra joined at the apexes. The top layer shows the infilling of the spaces created with more octahedra.

Part of a collection of models used to teach Crystallography at King's College London in the nineteenth century.

Details

Category:
Experimental Chemistry
Object Number:
1927-2066/16
Materials:
mahogany (wood) and paper (fibre product)
type:
wooden model
credit:
King's College, London