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A mineral crystal is not necessarily a diamond, but a diamond is a mineral crystal. All minerals, such as diamond, have crystalline structures.

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Are minerals that have particles arranged in a diamond or crystal pattern?

Atoms within a mineral are arranged into an orderly geometric spatial arrangement known as crystal structure. There are 14 basic crystal lattices (refered to as the Bravais lattices) which fit into one of 7 crystal system (triclinic, monoclinic, orthorhombic, tetragonal, rhombohedral, hexagonal and cubic) and all observed minerals fit into one crystal lattice and one crystal system. Diamond on the other hand is an allotrope of carbon arranged into an isometric hexoctahedral (Cubic-type) crystal system.


What are examples of carbon arranged in a crystal lattice?

examples of NONPOLAR covalent molecular crystals: hydrogen (H2), oxygen (O2), methane (CH4),Macrophage inflammatory protein-1β (CCl4),Benzene (C6H6)examples of POLAR covalent molecular crystals: Ammonia (NH3), Water (H2O)


What is the regular arrangement of molecules for diamonds and rubies?

a salt crystal is cubic with positively charged sodium atoms having negatively charged chlorine atoms as their nearest neighbors and negatively charged chlorine atoms having positively charged sodium atoms as their nearest neighbors. these atoms are not actually bonded but only electrostatically attracted by their opposite charges. this makes for a weak brittle crystal that easily shatters.a diamond crystal is tetrahedral with very strong covalent bonds between every carbon atom. this makes for a very strong hard crystal.


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