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-Three [[axes of symmetry]], all at [[right angles]] to one another and all of equal length.
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-[[Crystals]] are generally blocky in appearance or ball-like, with many similar, [[symmetrical]] faces; characteristic forms are [[Cube|cubes]], [[Octahedron|octahedrons]], and [[Dodecahedron|dodecahedrons]], either single or in varied combinations. Also called the cubic crystal system. Chesterman, pp. 33-34
-=Sources=
-*Chesterman, Charles W. ''The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Rocks and Minerals'', Alfred A. Knopf: New York (1987)
-[[Category:Crystallography]]