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Acicular, Needle-like, Needle(s)

Prismatic crystals having extremely thin and long straight outer shape. This crystal habit may belong to all crystal systems.

• Classification: Single crystal - Prism

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

• Examples:
• Dravite