crystal habit
Britishnoun
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Another crystal habit that may be used to identify minerals is striations, which are dark and light parallel lines on a crystal face.
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When minerals are constrained so they do not develop their typical crystal habit, they are called anhedral.
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Some minerals crystallize in such tiny crystals, they do not show a specific crystal habit to the naked eye.
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For some minerals, characteristic crystal habit is to grow crystal faces even when surrounded by other crystals in the rock.
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For some minerals, characteristic crystal habit is to grow crystal faces even when surrounded by other crystals in rock.
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