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Hexagonal platy, Hexagonal plate(s)

Platy crystals having hexagonal outer shape. Thinner than hexagonal tabular crystals. This crystal habit may belong to hexagonal, trigonal, and monoclinic systems, and very rarely to cubic system.

• Classification: Single crystal - Tabular

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

• Examples:
• Mica