Hello MSA list!

I am hoping to make use of Dexter Perkins' symmetry activity
https://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/mineralogy/activities/lattice_spacegroup.html
using patterns by Francois Brisse, in my Mineralogy class. However, I can't
find access to a color version of the article. Does anyone have a
high-quality, color PDF of this Canadian Mineralogist article they would be
willing to share?

Brisse, F. (1981) “La symetrie bidimensionnelle et le Canada,” The Canadian
Mineralogist, 19, pp. 217–224.

Thanks to anyone who can help!
Emily
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Assistant Professor of Geology
Macalester College

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Hi Emily,

John Brady (Smith College) has some higher-resolution color versions of Brisse’s diagrams on his course website for minerals - this should take you straight to the PDF with the patterns (scroll down to slide 49): https://www.science.smith.edu/geosciences/min_jb/Lecture_Slides/Crystallography.pdf
Enjoy!

Cheers,
Clem

Clémentine (Clem) Hamelin (she/her)
Assistant Professor, Geology
William & Mary

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251 Jamestown Rd
Williamsburg, VA 23185
Email: chamelin@wm.edumailto:chamelin@wm.edu
Website: http://http://clementinehamelin.com/wmsolidearth.pages.wm.edu

From: Peter Tice via MSA-talk msa-talk@minlists.org
Date: Wednesday, September 10, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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Hello, Emily,

I have found color versions of Brisse's diagrams in this place:

https://cdn.serc.carleton.edu/files/NAGTWorkshops/mineralogy/activities/Perkins2_Revised_JBF.v3.pdf

I hope that you find this source helpful.

Best,
Peter Tice
Woodsville High School
Woodsville, New Hampshire

On Wed, Sep 10, 2025 at 12:24 PM Emily First via MSA-talk <msa-talk@minlists.orgmailto:msa-talk@minlists.org> wrote:
Hello MSA list!

I am hoping to make use of Dexter Perkins' symmetry activityhttps://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/mineralogy/activities/lattice_spacegroup.html using patterns by Francois Brisse, in my Mineralogy class. However, I can't find access to a color version of the article. Does anyone have a high-quality, color PDF of this Canadian Mineralogist article they would be willing to share?

Brisse, F. (1981) “La symetrie bidimensionnelle et le Canada,” The Canadian Mineralogist, 19, pp. 217–224.

Thanks to anyone who can help!
Emily
.....................................
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Assistant Professor of Geology
Macalester College

Saint Paul, MN 55105 USA

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Hi Emily,

For symmetry in color prints, you might also want to access Peter Buseck’s From 2D to 3D: Escher Drawings - Crystallography, Crystal Chemistry, and Crystal "Defects" which uses a series of Escher prints.  PDFs of the prints from the original 1996 Teaching Mineralogy workbook are posted at this site:
https://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/mineralogy/activities/25651.html

Years ago I was able to purchase most of these prints as sheets of wrapping paper from the Smithsonian Institute National Gallery of Art store.  I laminated these and used these as an introduction to 2D symmetry for years.  Unfortunately, I didn’t see these listed in the inventory at the National Gallery online store today. However, I did find some of the prints Peter uses such as Butterflies, Fish, on Etsy, but these are only as 8.5 x 11 sheets and may not be large enough to show the overall 2D lattices. Still, try searching Etsy for Escher and the sheet names, e.g.,, https://www.etsy.com/listing/1836027287/mc-escher-fish-design-paper-art-deco?ls=r&external=1&rec_type=ss&ref=pla_similar_listing_top-8&content_source=422c52ea537d06047b1e46867676b234%253Ac55bd812075739dcc4f1b0a5591f57e9972c2049&logging_key=422c52ea537d06047b1e46867676b234%3Ac55bd812075739dcc4f1b0a5591f57e9972c2049

Have fun with these,
Dave Mogk
Professor of Geology (emeritus)
Dept. Earth Sciences
Montana State University

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I am hoping to make use of Dexter Perkins' symmetry activityhttps://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/mineralogy/activities/lattice_spacegroup.html using patterns by Francois Brisse, in my Mineralogy class. However, I can't find access to a color version of the article. Does anyone have a high-quality, color PDF of this Canadian Mineralogist article they would be willing to share?

Brisse, F. (1981) “La symetrie bidimensionnelle et le Canada,” The Canadian Mineralogist, 19, pp. 217–224.

Thanks to anyone who can help!
Emily
.....................................
Dr. Emily First (she/her)
Assistant Professor of Geology
Macalester College

Saint Paul, MN 55105 USA
(651) 696-6415
websitehttps://www.macalester.edu/geology/facultystaff/emily-first/ | efirst@macalester.edumailto:efirst@macalester.edu
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