Geology
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Granular
Common examples include: andradite,聽bornite,聽scheelite,聽quartz Read more.
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Foliated/Micaceous/Lamellar
Common examples include: muscovite,聽biotite,聽lepidolite,聽molybdenite Read more.
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Filiform/Capillary
Common examples include: many聽zeolites,聽byssolite,聽millerite,聽okenite Read more.
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Fibrous
Common examples include: serpentine group,聽actinolite,聽kyanite,聽gypsum,聽nitratine,聽tremolite聽(i.e.聽asbestos) Asbestiform聽is a聽crystal habit. It describes a mineral that grows in a fibrous aggregate of high聽tensile strength, flexible, long, and thin crystals that readily separate. The… Read more.
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Druse
Common examples: azurite,聽celestine,聽calcite,聽uvarovite,聽malachite,聽quartz In聽geology,聽druse聽refers to a coating of fine聽crystals聽on a rock fracture surface聽or聽vein聽or within a聽vug聽or聽geode. See also References Read more.
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Dendritic/Arborescent
Common examples include: romanechite,聽magnesite, native聽copper Read more.
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Coxcomb
Common examples include: barite, marcasite Read more.
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Concentric
This habit is found in cross-sections from reniform/mamillary habits, and also from elongated stalactites of聽amethyst聽(quartz), malachites, rhodocrosite, and others Common examples include: quartz,聽malachite,聽rhodocrosite Read more.
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Columnar
Common examples: calcite,聽gypsum/selenite Read more.
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Bladed
Common examples: quartz,聽stilbite,聽kyanite Read more.










