Columnar
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A columnar mineral aggregate is made up of slender, parallel columns. Beryl is an example of a mineral exhibiting a columnar form.
Sources
- Chesterman, Charles W. The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Rocks and Minerals, Alfred A. Knopf: New York (1987), p. 40