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from The Century Dictionary.

  • In crystallography, a double six-sided pyramid, represented by uniting two six-sided single pyramids base to base.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Crystallog.) A form of crystal common with quartz, consisting of two six-sided pyramids, base to base.

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  • noun mineralogy A form of crystal resembling quartz, having two six-sided pyramids, base to base.

Etymologies

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quartz +‎ -oid

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