From: Mike Stok <mike@...>
Date: 2001-04-30T00:11:03+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:14407] Re: the alternative proposal is way cooler;

On Sun, 29 Apr 2001, Michael Bee wrote:

> I wonder what the chemical formula for Ruby _looks_
> like? Anyone with a .gif/.bmp generator who can
> translate Al2O3?

You might look at http://www.ill.fr/dif/3D-crystals/minerals.html where
there is a picture of ruby and a link to a VRML .wrl file (contents below)
which could be used to generate other images with a viewer.

Mike

#VRML V1.0 ascii

#Copyright 1994-97 xtal-3d (hewat@ill.fr) from http://www.ill.fr/dif/xtal-3d.html

 Translation { translation  -0.4000 -1.1000  6.5000 }
Complexity { fields [ SFFloat value ] value 0.50 }
 DEF BackgroundColor Info { string "0 0 0" }
 DEF Viewer Info { string "examine" }
 DEF Viewer Info { string "N CorundumAl2O3 Cox D E" }
 Rotation { rotation 1 0 0 -1.42 }
 Rotation { rotation 0 0 1 -0.15 }
 Separator {
 DEF model1
 Separator   {
 DEF Viewer Info {string "Examiner"}
 Translation { translation   0.0000  0.0000  0.7634}
 ShapeHints     { vertexOrdering  COUNTERCLOCKWISE }
 Coordinate3    {point [   0.243   0.000  -0.221
                       ,  -0.121  -0.210  -0.221
                       ,  -0.121   0.210  -0.221
                       ,   0.154  -0.229   0.140
                       ,  -0.276  -0.019   0.140
                       ,   0.121   0.248   0.140
              ] }
 Material       { diffuseColor  1.000 0.000 1.000
                  specularColor 0.500 0.500 0.500
                  shininess     0.100
                  transparency  0.000  }
 ShapeHints     { vertexOrdering  COUNTERCLOCKWISE }

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