How many sides does the hexagonal crystal have?

Answer 1

It depends on the gem all gems are diffrent

18 i think

Amethyst is the violet variety of quartz; its chemical formula is SiO2.

The crystaline form is rhombohedral

The rhombohedral system can be thought of as the cubic system stretched along a body diagonal. a = b = c; α = β = γ ≠ 90°.

There are six sides to a pure simple crystal.

Answer 2

Cubic close packing results in cubic crystals. See the picture in the Wikipedia page (link found to the left of this answer). The answer is then: 6 sides.

Answer 3

Salt crystals are cubic. They should appear as interconnected cubes.

Answer 4

If a mineral belongs to the hexagonal crystal group, then the crystals have six sides.

Answer 5

A hexagon will tessellate a plane so a hexagonal crystal is likely to be a hexagonal prism. In that case, it will have 8 faces.

Answer 6

Quartz had six sides.

Answer 7

A sugar crystal has 12 sides.

Answer 8

10

Answer 9

6

Answer 10

6 sides