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There are several ways of representing crystal structures. The most common representations can be exemplifïed for the structure of olivine. In Fig-ure 41 four main different ways of representing this structure are shown: (a) the projection of the atoms on one side of the unit cell, (b) the distribution of the atoms in perspective within the unit cell as a kind of ball and spoke model, (c) the coordination polyhedra description, and (d) the atomic packing.
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Lima-De-Faria, J. (1994). Representation of crystal structures. In: Structural Mineralogy. Solid Earth Sciences Library, vol 7. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8392-3_6
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