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Old 12-26-2007, 07:43 AM   #40
Ilaubuas

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andymonk,
you asked: (quote) "...is it a coincidence that the geometry of these snowflakes match the template....?" (unquote)

no. though geometry of snowflakes vary there is something in the geometry that does not. from a flat perspective they are always 'six cornered'.
noticed by j. kepler in the early 1600s. he wrote a private letter to a friend:
"midnight reflections on the six cornered snowflake".
as the geometry of snowflakes greatly varies what stays same important.
cubes are seen in certain crystals such as salt almost always. however in pyrite location is determiner. only happens in certain locations: places in brazil, mountains between france and spain etc. remember that observation is 2-d regarding snowflakes re template.
michael donovan
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