Crystal Habit


Hemimorphite exhibits a variety of crystal habits, including prismatic, tabular, and botryoidal. The crystals are often blade shaped and grow in clusters. These clusters can form a fan-like spray of blade-shaped crystals; a cockscomb similar to marcasite; or, tightly intergrown, radiating clusters that produce a botryoidal habit.

hemimorphite crystal cluster
Hemimorphite Crystal Cluster: A fan-shaped spray of colorless hemimorphite crystals in a radial habit. Specimen is from the Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico, and measures 2.8 x 2.4 x 1.0 centimeters.

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