What does acicular mean in mineralogy ?
Acicular : definition
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It is a term to describe the shape of certain fine needle crystals. This word comes from the Latin acicula (small needle). It is a technical word to designate very elongated fine crystals, frequently grouped in aggregates like these natrolite sprays from St-Jean-des-Ollières (France) on the right.