ortorombiseen

Ortorombiseen is a mineral crystal system characterized by three mutually perpendicular axes, all of which are of different lengths. This system is one of the seven crystal systems and is distinguished by its rectangular prism shape, where the angles between the axes are all 90 degrees. The unit cell of an orthorombic crystal is a rectangular prism, with the lengths of the edges being unequal.

Ortorombic crystals can be further classified into three subclasses based on their lattice types: primitive orthorombic, base-centered orthorombic, and body-centered orthorombic. The primitive orthorombic lattice has no lattice points at the center of the faces or the body, while the base-centered orthorombic lattice has lattice points at the center of two opposite faces. The body-centered orthorombic lattice has a lattice point at the center of the body.

Examples of minerals that crystallize in the orthorombic system include aragonite, strontianite, and baryte. The orthorombic crystal system is important in mineralogy and materials science due to the unique properties and structures that can be achieved within this system.