This term designates a facies of crystals mainly developed along two directions in space. Depending on the thickness of the crystals, thick, flattened or thin tabular crystals are distinguished, thus gradually passing to lamellar facies.
Tabular barite from St-Sandoux, Puy-de-Dôme, France
Tabular barite - Development of faces 001 and 00-1
What does tabular mean in mineralogy ?
