jCrystal Applet Crystal Forms

[A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] [P] [Q] [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] [X] [Y] [Z]
"A" Crystal Form Index
Jcrystal Applet
 		JCrystalApplet allows a user to manipulate a crystal shape with mouse and keyboard control with a realism almost equal to actually holding a real crystal model. It is such a nice program that I added the JCrystal version to the crystallography table for interactive examples of crystal morphology for the different crystal systems.
These crystal forms were created using a stand-alone software package, JCrystal, and the later version, Krystalshaper. These programs created the html files that JCrystalApplet uses. Webmineral has examples, listed in the following tables, of all minerals with a crystal form that are currently in the mineral database.

There are 51 crystal models of "A" Minerals as of 08/31/2026

Adamite
Aegirine
Aeschynite-(Y)
Ahlfeldite
Albite
Allactite
Almandine
Alstonite
Alunite
Alunogen
Amarantite
Amarillite
Amblygonite
Ammoniojarosite
Analcime
Anapaite
Anatase
Ancylite-(Ce)
Andesine
Andorite
Andradite
Anglesite
Anhydrite
Ankerite
Annite
Anorthite
Antimony
Antlerite
Apatite-CaF
Apatite-CaOH
Apatite
Aphthitalite
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Aragonite
Aramayoite
Argentite
Argyrodite
Armangite
Arsenic
Arsenolite
Arsenopyrite
Artroeite
Atacamite
Atelestite
Augelite
Augite
Austinite
Autunite
Averievite
Avogadrite
Azurite

Instructions for using JCrystalApplet (Thanks to Dr.Steffen Weber) and JCrystal

Mouse Functions

Keyboard Bindings
note: for mouse actions you have to be over the applet area

double click:
stop/continue animation

right mouse button click:
4 display modes
-shaded
-custom colors
-wire frame
-anaglyph

mouse button drags:
right mouse button:
zoom crystal - on right side of window
rotate crystal - on left side of window
left mouse button:
manipulate crystal - left mouse button
zoom crystal - left mouse button + cntl

note: for keyboard actions you may have to click at the applet area first, to give it the keyboard focus

character t
transparency on/off

SPACE
stop/continue animation

character s
stereo on/off

character i
indices on/off

character f
fit to screen

character L
toggle shading on/off

cursor keys (also +SHIFT)
rotate crystal


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