Minerals Crystallography Keywords Global 183 words

Types of crystallography minerals terms, for example, acicular habit, adamantine luster, adularescence, and aggregation, etc.

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A 12

asterism anisotropy aggregation amorphism axialratio acicularhabit adularescence allochromatic anhedralcrystal adamantineluster more »

B 10

bavenotwin blockyhabit basalcleavage bladedcrystal bravaislattice biaxialnegative biaxialpositive botryoidalhabit braggreflection brittletenacity

C 26

crystallite chatoyancy caxis cyclictwin colorcenter compasstwin contacttwin crystalface carlsbadtwin crystalhabit more »

D 17

decussate diaphaneity dichroism dimorphism dextrorotatory daphnitetwin dauphinetwin dichroichalo drusycoating diocatahedral more »

E 5

enantiomorphism epitaxy elastictenacity euhedralcrystal extinctionangle

F 8

filamentous fissility fibroushabit foliatedmass flexiblesheet fracturesurface facecenteredcubic fluorescencewavelength

G 6

glideplane greasyluster grainboundary granulartexture globularaggregate gnomonicprojection

H 9

holohedral halfcell homoepitaxy hacklyfracture hexagonalprism habitmodification hemimorphiccrystal hourglassstructure hexagonalscalenohedron

I 7

incommensurate isomorphism indicemiller idiochromatic inversioncenter isometricsystem iridescenceeffect

L 6

levorotatory latticedefect lustervitreous labradorescence latticeconstant lamellartwinning

M 12

manebachtwin macropinacoid meroctahedral millerindices mamillaryhabit metallicluster mattedaggregate mohsscratchtest monoclinicprism mosaicstructure more »

N 1

nodularmass

O 7

opticangle opticalaxis orthopinacoid obliqueextinction opticalindicatrix octahedralcleavage opalescenceshimmer

P 18

pleochroism pseudomorphism pyroelectricity polymorphism partingplane planardefect pyritohedron periclinetwin pyramidalface parallelgrowth more »

Q 1

quadrillestructure

R 5

radialfibrous reniformhabit resinousluster refractiveindex rhombohedralcleavage

S 17

striation screwaxis spacegroup streaktest silkyluster sectorzoning sectilemineral subhedralgrain specificgravity stellatecluster more »

T 10

trapezohedron tabularhabit tenacitytest tenebrescence trigonalprism twinningplane triclinicsystem triboluminescence thermoluminescence tetragonalbipyramid

U 3

universalstage unitcelldimension unduloseextinction

V 1

vitreousluster

W 1

waxyluster

X 1

xraydiffraction

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Mineral and gemstone names for domain ideas: crystals, gems, rocks and metals like quartz, onyx, cobalt and jade.

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