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Lathy, Lath

Thin platy crystals elongated in a direction. Frequently it is flexible.

• Classification: Single crystal - Tabular

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

• Examples:
• Gold