Tendencies in modern crystal chemistry, such as the representation of crystal structures in the form of planar atomic nets
of different geometry and the simulation (assembly) of structures from “building blocks” of different complexity, have been
briefly analyzed in terms of the original concept of the crystalline state.
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Original Russian Text © S.V. Borisov, S.A. Magarill, N.V. Pervukhina, 2009, published in Kristallografiya, 2009, Vol. 54,
No. 5, pp. 805–809.
Dedicated to the memory of G.B. Bokiĭ on the occasion of his 100th birthday