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Hematite Structural Skin

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The chemical structure of a mineral is translated into a titling system. Further study introduces methods of connection which allows this 2D pattern to occupy the Z dimension.

Hematite is a form of Oxide that compound with Fe atoms. (Shown as preliminary pattern) The secondary pattern is the strict grid arrangement of O atoms and the shift of between two neighboring Fe atoms.

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The overlap lines from the preliminary pattern and the secondary pattern become the folding line for the model.

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