Habit

Name:
Habit
Detailed information:
The type of geometric structure that a given crystalline material invariably forms, e.g., cubic, orthorhombic, monoclinic, tetragonal, hexagonal, etc. Each of these types has several subclasses. Thus, crystals may have the form of thin sheets or plates, cubes, rhomboids, and even more complicated geometric structures. For example, the crystalline habit of mica is monoclinic, with formation of extremely thin sheets.See Crystal.