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Earth and Space Sciences · Glossary

What is Habit?

Also known as: habit (of a crystal)

Definition 16.1 High School Earth and Space Sciences · Chapter 16 — Minerals

The habit of a mineral is the general shape its crystals take: cubic, tabular (flat, like a tablet), prismatic (elongated, like a prism), bladed, acicular (needle-like), and so on.

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