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Crystalline facies

Crystalline facies denotes the morphology of an individual mineral. For some minerals the crystalline facies is a good method of identification (e.g. isometric facies in the form of cubes for galena and pyrites).

The crystalline facies of pyrites is recognisable. © Orbital Joe, Flickr CC by nc-nd 2.0 The crystalline facies of pyrites is recognisable. © Orbital Joe, Flickr CC by nc-nd 2.0

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