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Pyramidal Class

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PYRAMIDAL CLASS (Hemimorphic-tetartohedral.) Here the only element of symmetry is the tetrad axis. The pyramids of the first { hhl } , second { hol } ,and third { hkl } , orders have each only four faces at one or other end of the crystal and are hemimorphic. All the simple forms are thus open forms.

Examples : wulfenite barium antimonyl dextro tartrate and iodosuccimide NI).