TY - CHAP DB - Science History Institute DP - Science History Institute M2 - Courtesy of Science History Institute. Rights: Public Domain Mark 1.0 TI - Plate A: Planes of Crystals and Separate Crystalline Forms T2 - The Mineral Kingdom ID - knqdpxb AU - Kurr, J. G. (Johann Gottlob) PB - Edmonston and Douglas CY - Edinburgh, Scotland DA - 1859/// YR - 1859 UR - https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/knqdpxb AB - Figures 1-26. Planes of Crystals and Separate Crystalline Forms 1. Square 2. Cube 3. Rhombus 4. Rhombic Dodecahedron, or Granatoid 5. Rectangle 6. Rectangular Prism 7. Rhomboid 8. Oblique Rhomboidal Prism 9. Trapezium 10. Icositetrahedron 11. Trapezoid, or Deltoid 12. Trapezoid, or Leucitoid 13. Equilateral or Regular Triangle 14. Regular Octahedron 15. Isoceles Triangles 16. Quadratic Octahedron 17. Scalene, or Unequal-sided Triangle 18. Rhombic Octahedron 19. Pentagon 20. Pentagonal Dodecahedron 21. Hexagon 22. Hexagonal Prism 23. Symmetrical Octagon 24. Octagonal Prism 25. Dodecagon 26. Dodecagonal Prism This hand-colored plate is part of the first edition English translation of the German Das Mineralreich in Bildern. The publication consists of two sections; the first is an introduction including topics such as the formation of crystals and chemical reactions of crystals; the second is devoted to the description of various mineral groups including precious stones, hornblende and augitic minerals, felspathic minerals, micaceous minerals, zeolitic minerals, calcareous minerals, and various salts and compounds. The final pages of the book contain twenty-four lithograph plates depicting crystalline structures and mineral forms. The first two plates are labeled A and B and the remaining plates are numbered I through XXII. The plates are hand-colored, using metallic finishes to create a lustrous effect. KW - Mineralogy KW - Precious stones KW - Metals KW - Semimetals KW - Precious metals KW - Chemical elements KW - Prisms KW - Crystals LA - English ER -