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A diagram displays illustrations of various common crystal aggregations and habits in minerals, including granular, lamellar, bladed, fibrous, acicular, radiating, dendritic, mammillated, colloform, stalactitic, geode, and oolitic forms, each labeled with mineral examples.

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Crystal habit and crystal aggregation
…platelike individuals arranged in layers; bladed, elongated crystals flattened like a knife blade; fibrous, an aggregate of slender fibres, parallel or radiating; acicular, slender, needlelike crystals; radiating, individuals forming starlike or circular groups; globular, radiating individuals forming small spherical or hemispherical groups; dendritic, in
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…platelike individuals arranged in layers; bladed, elongated crystals flattened like a knife blade; fibrous, an aggregate of slender fibres, parallel or radiating; acicular, slender, needlelike crystals; radiating, individuals forming starlike or circular groups; globular, radiating individuals forming small spherical or hemispherical groups; dendritic, in
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