Mineralogy
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Platy
Common examples include: wulfenite Read more.
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Pisolitic
Common examples include: bauxite,聽gibbsite Read more.
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Oolithic
Common examples include: aragonite, calcite Read more.
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Hopper
Common examples include: halite,聽calcite, synthetic聽bismuth A hopper crystal is a form of crystal, the shape of which resembles that of a pyramidal hopper container. The edges of hopper crystals are fully developed, but the interior… Read more.
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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.










