Dictionary of Gems and Gemology

2009 Edition
| Editors: Mohsen Manutchehr-Danai

knee-shaped twin

Reference work entry
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-72816-0_12439

a twin that can be frequently seen in cassiterite twinned plane parallel to one of the pyramid faces in knee-shaped or elbow-shaped with a characteristic notch, which is Known as geniculate twins.  Contact twin.

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