  A link is established between the observed (approximate) geometric mass
hierarchy of quarks and leptons and the triangular structure of their tenable
flavor representations. This singles out SU(3) as the horizontal flavor group,
thereby linking the Fermi mass hierarchy with the threefold family replication.
These linkages are exploited within a flavor-chiral SU(3) model, with fermions
and Higgs bosons in the 3+6* representation. The model is Left-Right symmetric
and utilizes the universal see-saw mechanism with a geometric mass suppression
pattern. Given certain assumptions, the model produces successful mass-ratio
(rather than square-mass-ratio) mixing angle relations and fixes the light
quark mass ratio.
