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Octahedral, Octahedron(s)

Octahedral crystals. This crystal habit is common to the cubic system.

• Classification: Single crystal - Granular

• Frequency:
• Cubic: Frequent
• Tetragonal: rare
• Orthorhombic: rare
• Hexagonal: none
• Trigonal: rare
• Monoclinic: rare
• Triclinic: rare

• Examples:
• Fluorite
• Gersdorffite