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QWhat is the most unsymmetrical crystal system?

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  • A Triclinic crystal system ✔ ✖
  • B Cubic crystal system ✔ ✖
  • C Hexagonal crystal system ✔ ✖
  • D Trigonal crystal system ✔ ✖
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The most unsymmetrical crystal system is the triclinic crystal system, in which all three axes are unequal in length and none of them is perpendicular to another. Triclinic unit cells have the least symmetrical shape of all unit cells, and turquoise is an example of a triclinic crystal.

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