Geology
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Enantiomorphic
Common examples include: gypsum,聽quartz,聽plagioclase,聽staurolite Read more.
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Dodecahedral
Common examples include: garnet,聽pyrite Read more.
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Cubic
Common examples include: fluorite,聽pyrite,聽galena,聽halite Read more.
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Sceptered
Common examples include: hedenbergite,聽quartz Read more.
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Nodular/Tuberose
Common examples include: agate聽(and other聽chalcedony) Read more.
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Massive/Compact
Common examples include: limonite, turquoise, cinnabar, quartz, realgar, lazurite Read more.
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Hemimorphic
Common examples include: hemimorphite,聽elbaite Read more.
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Amygdaloidal
Common examples include: heulandite, subhedral聽zircon Amygdules聽or聽amygdales聽(/蓹藞m瑟伞dju藧lz,聽-de瑟lz/) form when the聽vesicles聽(pores from gas bubbles in聽lava) of a聽volcanic rock聽or other聽extrusive聽igneous rock聽are infilled with a secondary聽mineral, such as聽calcite,聽quartz,聽chlorite, or one of the聽zeolites. Amygdules usually… Read more.
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Wheat Sheaf
Common examples include: stilbite Read more.
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Tabular/Blocky/Stubby
Common examples include: feldspar,聽topaz,聽vanadinite Read more.










