Bladed

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Bladed is a broad and flat type of mineral habit. A bladed mineral habit is elongated like a knife blade. Gypsum is an example of a mineral exhibiting a bladed habit. Chesterman, p. 38

Sources

  • Chesterman, Charles W. The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Rocks and Minerals, Alfred A. Knopf: New York (1987)