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    Enumeration CrystalHabit

    Qualitative description of the external shape and morphology of a crystal especimen.

    Index

    Enumeration Members

    ACICULAR: "acicular"

    Needle-like crystals.

    AMYGDALOIDAL: "amygdaloidal"

    Result of fluid filling gas bubbles in volcanic rock.

    ARBORESCENT: "arborescent"

    Branching, tree-like formation.

    BOTRYOIDAL: "botryoidal"

    Grape-like clusters of rounded masses.

    CAPILLARY: "capillary"

    Extremely thin, hair-like fibers.

    COLLOFORM: "colloform"

    Smooth, spherical or rounded surfaces.

    CONCENTRIC: "concentric"

    Layered growth around a central point.

    CUBIC: "cubic"

    Six equal square faces.

    DENDRITIC: "dendritic"

    Random, plant-like branching branching (e.g., Manganese oxides).

    DODECAHEDRAL: "dodecahedral"

    Twelve rhombic faces.

    DRUSE: "druse"

    Crust of tiny crystals on a surface.

    ENANTIOMORPHIC: "enantiomorphic"

    Non-superimposable mirror image forms.

    FIBROUS: "fibrous"

    Parallel thread-like units.

    FOLIATED: "foliated"

    Leaves or flakes that can be separated.

    GLOBULAR: "globular"

    Spherical rounded masses, smaller than botryoidal.

    GRANULAR: "granular"

    Mass of aggregate, non-interlocking grains.

    HEMIMORPHIC: "hemimorphic"

    Development of different faces at opposite ends of the crystal.

    HEXAGONAL: "hexagonal"

    Six-sided prisms or pyramids.

    HOPPER: "hopper"

    Face-centered growth where edges grow faster than faces.

    ICOSITETRAHEDRAL: "icositetrahedral"

    Twenty-four faced solid.

    MAMMILLARY: "mammillary"

    Large breast-like rounded masses.

    MASSIVE: "massive"

    Lacks any recognizable individual crystal faces.

    OCTAHEDRAL: "octahedral"

    Eight equilateral triangular faces.

    OOLITHIC: "oolithic"

    Aggregate of small, egg-like concentric spheres.

    PISOLITIC: "pisolitic"

    Similar to oolithic but with larger, pea-sized grains.

    PLATY: "platy"

    Thin, plate-like crystals.

    PLUMOSE: "plumose"

    Feather-like radiating structures.

    PRISMATIC: "prismatic"

    Elongated faces parallel to the c-axis.

    RADIAL: "radial"

    Diverging outward from a single center.

    RENIFORM: "reniform"

    Reddish-brown, kidney-shaped clusters.

    RETICULATED: "reticulated"

    Interlaced into a net-like structure.

    RHOMBOHEDRAL: "rhombohedral"

    Six faces that are rhombi.

    ROSETTE: "rosette"

    Clustered like the petals of a flower.

    SCALENOEHEDRAL: "scalenohedral"

    Twelve faces that are scalene triangles.

    SCEPTERED: "sceptered"

    A small crystal perched on the tip of a larger, stalk-like crystal.

    STALACTITIC: "stalactitic"

    Formed like icicles on a cave roof.

    STELLATE: "stellate"

    Star-shaped radiating arrangement.

    TETRAHEDRAL: "tetrahedral"

    Four triangular faces.