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Definition of Macles

Macle
Macle Ma"cle, n. [L. macula a spot: cf. F. macle. Cf. Mackle, Mascle.] (Min.) (a) Chiastolite; -- so called from the tessellated appearance of a cross section. See Chiastolite. (b) A crystal having a similar tessellated appearance. (c) A twin crystal.
macle
Chiastolite Chi*as"to*lite (k[-i]*[a^]s"t[-o]*l[imac]t), n. [Gr. chiasto`s marked with a [chi] + -lite. See Chiasm. So called from the resemblance of the cross cuts of its crystals to the Greek letter [chi].] (Min.) A variety of andalusite; -- called also macle. The tessellated appearance of a cross section is due to the symmetrical arrangement of impurities in the crystal.

Meaning of Macles from wikipedia

- 485 pp. Georges Friedel (1920) "Contribution à l'étude géométrique des macles", Bulletin de la Société française de Minéralogie 43: 246-295. Georges Friedel...
- octahedral (eight-sided bipyramid), cubic, and triangular (most commonly macles). A raw diamond or rough diamond can also be a type of diamond that is not...
- stones may be cut from one such crystal. Oddly shaped crystals such as macles are more likely to be cut in a fancy cut—that is, a cut other than the round...
- Olympiads :: Jacques Maclès". www.olimpbase.org. Jacques Macles rating card at FIDE Jacques Maclès FIDE rating history at OlimpBase.org Jacques Macles chess games...
- Alain Macle (18 April 1944 – 21 March 2020) was a French ski jumper. He competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics and the 1972 Winter Olympics. "Monsieur Alain...
- stones may be cut from one such crystal. Oddly-shaped crystals such as macles are more likely to be cut in a fancy cut—that is, a cut other than the round...
- large, sharp, equant, translucent, yellow, spinel-twinned or macle twinned Diamond (Super macle twinned Diamond)from Akwatia Diamond Mine and Birim Diamond...
- 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link). macles.blogspot.com (19 April 2010). Spurbeck, Jared (3 January 2013). "Acer and...
- most often as euhedral or rounded octahedra and twinned octahedra known as macles. As diamond's crystal structure has a cubic arrangement of the atoms, they...
- (4): 345–367. doi:10.1016/j.joa.2017.05.004. PMC 5529598. PMID 28765771. Macle L, Cairns J, Leblanc K, Tsang T, Skanes A, Cox JL, et al. (October 2016)...