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<p>New page: &#039;&#039;&#039;Crystal habit&#039;&#039;&#039; is the term used to identify the shape, size and appearance of a <a href="/Crystal" title="Crystal">crystal&#039;s</a> unique growth characteristics. ==Standard terms== *&#039;&#039;&#039;Acicular&#039;&#039;&#039; **Needle-lik...</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Crystal habit''' is the term used to identify the shape, size and appearance of a [[Crystal|crystal's]] unique growth characteristics.<br /> <br /> ==Standard terms== <br /> *'''Acicular''' <br /> **Needle-like, slender and/or tapered <br /> *'''Anhedral''' <br /> **Poorly formed and distorted <br /> *'''Banded''' <br /> **Narrow bands of differing colors <br /> *'''Bladed''' <br /> **Slender, flattened and blade-like <br /> *'''Columnar''' <br /> **Long, slender prisms and parallel growth <br /> *'''Dendritic''' <br /> **Tree-like multi-directional branching from central point <br /> *'''Dodecahedral''' <br /> **12-sided dodecahedron <br /> *'''Drusy''' (also called '''Encrusted''') <br /> **Aggregate of minute crystals coating a surface <br /> *'''Enantiomorphic''' <br /> **Mirror-image (left/right) habit and optical characteristics <br /> *'''Equant''' (also called '''Stubby''') <br /> **Squashed, pinnacoids dominant over prisms <br /> *'''Euhedral''' <br /> **Well-formed and undistorted <br /> *'''Foliated''' <br /> **Easily separated into plates <br /> *'''Geode''' <br /> **Rock cavities with internal crystals &amp; encrustation <br /> *'''Granular Mass''' <br /> **Anhedral crystals in lumpy mass with no crystal form <br /> *'''Mamillary''' <br /> **Intersecting large rounded contours<br /> *'''Massive''' <br /> **Shapeless with no distinct external crystal shape <br /> *'''Octahedral''' <br /> **8-sided octahedron - two pyramids, base to base <br /> *'''Pincoid''' <br /> **Terminated by multiple pyramidal faces <br /> *'''Prismatic''' <br /> **Elongated and prism-Like, all faces are parallel to c-axis <br /> *'''Pseudomorphous''' <br /> **Occurring in the shape of another mineral <br /> *'''Striated''' <br /> **Surface growth lines parallel or perpendicular to c-axis <br /> *'''Tabular''' (also called '''Lamellar''') <br /> **Flat, tablet-shaped, prominent pinnacoid<br /> <br /> [[Category:Crystallography]]</div>

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