Umnica & Quartz
Hey, I’ve been trying to map the hexagonal lattice of quartz into a bracelet pattern—do you think a 6‑fold symmetry could actually fit onto a wearable design without breaking the crystal rules?
Sure thing. Quartz’s basal plane is essentially a hexagonal lattice, so a 6‑fold repeating motif is perfectly legitimate as long as you keep the unit‑cell vectors straight and don’t force the pattern to twist too hard. When you wrap it around a wrist, you’ll introduce a little strain—just think of it like a honeycomb on a curved surface. If you stick to the lattice spacing and preserve the rotational symmetry locally, you’re not breaking any crystal rules; you’re just bending the crystal’s geometry a bit. The trick is to keep the design periodic so the edges line up when the bracelet closes. That’s the only way to stay true to the lattice without making the whole thing look like a twisted prism.