What Are the Three Shapes of Crystals?
crystal image by Daughterson from Fotolia.com jQuery(document).ready(function(){ jQuery(‘#jsArticleStep1 span.image a:first’).attr(‘href’,’http://i.ehow.com/images/a05/mi/56/three-shapes-crystals_-1.1-800X800.jpg’); }); Crystals come in many varieties Geologists, magicians and alternative medicine practioners all have reason to be interested in crystals. These beautiful stones come in hundreds of colors, shapes and sizes before they are ever tumbled, carved or shaped. Their colors are determined by the minerals in the soil. Certain minerals turn red as they condense while others turn green or blue or create rainbow patterns. Crystal shapes are determined by molecular structure and how the crystals grow. Cubic System Cubic crystals come in several different shapes. They may be perfect cubes with six sides. They may also resemble two four-sided pyramids stuck together at the base; this structure is called an octahedron, or an eight-sided figure. Cubic system crystals may also have 12 fac
