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Hexagonal tabular, Hexagonal table(s)

Tabular crystals having hexagonal outer shape. Thicker than hexagonal platy 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