Cubic crystal system facts for kids
A rock containing three crystals of pyrite
In crystallography, the cubic crystal system is a crystal system where the unit cell is in the shape of a cube. This is one of the most common and simplest shapes found in crystals and minerals.
There are three main types of these crystals:
- Primitive cubic
- Body-centered cubic
- Face-centered cubic
Images for kids
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A network model of a primitive cubic system
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A caesium chloride unit cell. The two colors of spheres represent the two types of atoms.
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The rock-salt crystal structure. Each atom has six nearest neighbors, with octahedral geometry.
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A zincblende unit cell
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Weaire–Phelan structure
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