Samuel Benge wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> I discovered a way to accurately depict minerals with POV-Ray. I found a 
> demo version of a program called KrystalShaper 
> (http://www.jcrystal.com/products/krystalshaper/) which allows one to 
> view various crystal morphologies for different minerals. The demo 
> version does not allow you to save or export, but you can view the 
> Miller indices (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miller_index) of a 
> crystal's faces, and determine the angle between them.
> 
> Using the angles acquired from the program, I made an intersection of 
> planes to create the crystal. It would not be too difficult to randomize 
> the result to make unique, natural-looking specimens.
> 
> The render itself is nothing amazing, but the possibilities represented 
> by it are exciting!
> 
> Questions and comments, welcome as always!
> 
> Sam
> 
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> 
Actually I thought the render itself *was* pretty amazing.

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