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Dimorphism

the power of assuming or crystallizing in two distinct forms. Sulphur, for instance, which usually crystallizes in the rhombic system when melted, may form monoclinohedric crystals. The same chemical substance may form two or even more distinct bodies or mineral species. Thus carbon in one form is the diamond, in another graphite; and carbonate of lime appears as calcspar or as arragonite. The

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