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Jim__

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6. Right. The microenvironment explains the approximate symmetry.

Reply to struggle4progress (Reply #5)

Wed Dec 19, 2012, 11:09 PM

Dec 2012

... Since the micro-environment (and its changes) are very nearly identical around the snowflake, each arm can grow in nearly the same way. ...

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Thank you. n/t littlemissmartypants Dec 2012 #1

k and r niyad Dec 2012 #2

OK. Who wants to tackle the approximate 6-fold symmetry of the complex flake? struggle4progress Dec 2012 #3

According to wikipedia, they're not exactly symmetric. Jim__ Dec 2012 #4

I did write: "approximate 6-fold symmetry" struggle4progress Dec 2012 #5

Right. The microenvironment explains the approximate symmetry. Jim__ Dec 2012 #6

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