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    Enumeration CrystalHabit

    The characteristic external shape of an individual crystal or aggregate of crystals.

    Index

    Enumeration Members

    ACICULAR: "acicular"

    Needle-like, long and slender.

    AMYGDALOIDAL: "amygdaloidal"

    Almond-shaped, often as gas bubble fillings in volcanic rocks.

    ARBORESCENT: "arborescent"

    Tree-like, branching in three dimensions.

    BOTRYOIDAL: "botryoidal"

    Resembling a bunch of grapes.

    CAPILLARY: "capillary"

    Hair-like or thread-like.

    COLLOFORM: "colloform"

    Rounded, spherical forms.

    CONCENTRIC: "concentric"

    Layers arranged around a central point.

    CUBIC: "cubic"

    Cube-shaped.

    DENDRITIC: "dendritic"

    Tree-like, branching in two dimensions.

    DODECAHEDRAL: "dodecahedral"

    12-sided form where each face is a rhombus.

    DRUSE: "druse"

    A surface covered in tiny, sparkling crystals.

    ENANTIOMORPHIC: "enantiomorphic"

    Pair of crystals that are mirror images of each other.

    FIBROUS: "fibrous"

    Composed of parallel or radiating fibers.

    FOLIATED: "foliated"

    Composed of thin, separable sheets or lamellae.

    GLOBULAR: "globular"

    Sphere-like.

    GRANULAR: "granular"

    Composed of many small, equidimensional grains.

    HEMIMORPHIC: "hemimorphic"

    Crystals with different forms at each end.

    HEXAGONAL: "hexagonal"

    Six-sided prism or pyramid.

    HOPPER: "hopper"

    Crystal faces grow faster at edges than centers, creating hollows.

    ICOSITETRAHEDRAL: "icositetrahedral"

    24-sided form.

    MAMMILLARY: "mammillary"

    Large, breast-like rounded forms.

    MASSIVE: "massive"

    Large, shapeless aggregate.

    OCTAHEDRAL: "octahedral"

    Eight-sided form.

    OOLITHIC: "oolithic"

    Small, rounded grains resembling fish roe (< 2mm).

    PISOLITIC: "pisolitic"

    Pea-sized rounded grains (> 2mm).

    PLATY: "platy"

    Flat, tablet-like or plate-like.

    PLUMOSE: "plumose"

    Feathery or plume-like.

    PRISMATIC: "prismatic"

    Column-like with parallel faces.

    RADIAL: "radial"

    Radiating from a central point.

    RENIFORM: "reniform"

    Kidney-shaped.

    RETICULATED: "reticulated"

    Interwoven, net-like aggregate.

    RHOMBOHEDRAL: "rhombohedral"

    Six-sided form with leaning faces.

    ROSETTE: "rosette"

    Petal-like arrangement resembling a rose.

    SCALENOEHEDRAL: "scalenohedral"

    Form with scalene triangle faces.

    SCEPTERED: "sceptered"

    Crystal growing on top of another like a scepter.

    STALACTITIC: "stalactitic"

    Cone-shaped or icicle-like (e.g., Stalactites).

    STELLATE: "stellate"

    Star-shaped radiating crystals.

    TETRAHEDRAL: "tetrahedral"

    Four-sided pyramid.