[ Top ] [ Japanese ]

Matted, Mat

Aggregates of acicular or fibrous crystals covering on the surface and it looks mat.

• Classification: Aggregates of crystals - Coating

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

• Examples:
• Amphibole