René Just Haüy
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René Just Haüy FRS MWS FRSE was a French priest and mineralogist, commonly styled the Abbé Haüy after he was made an honorary canon of Notre Dame. Due to his innovative work on crystal structure and h
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Pearwood model of rock crystal rhomboid, made by René-Just Haüy, Teylers Museum
Integrant molecules form a pentagonal dodecahedron of pyrite, Traité de minéralogie (1801)
Haüy with a contact goniometer, ca. 1812
Crystal model
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A crystal model is a teaching aid used for understanding concepts in crystallography and the morphology of crystals. Models are ideal to learn recognizing symmetry elements in crystals.
René Just Haüy
…second updated edition appeared as Traité de cristallographie in 1822. Haüy created comprehensive collections containing hundreds of pear-wood models of crystal models for education and demonstrations. One such set was acquired by Martin van Marum, curator of the Teylers Museum and a director of the Hollandsche…
Crystal models at Musée de minéralogie
Modell der Kristallstruktur des Cäsiumchlorids
Modell Bravaisgitter hexagonal
Modell der Kristallstruktur des Minerals Diamant