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Plumose, Plumosity (Plumosities)

Group of dendritic aggregates, where Slender prisms grow to one or both sides of an axis and look like feathers .

• Classification: Aggregates of crystals - Dendritic

• Frequency:
• Cubic: common
• Tetragonal: common
• Orthorhombic: common
• Hexagonal: common
• Trigonal: common
• Monoclinic: common
• Triclinic: common

• Examples:
• Malachite