Pyrite FeS2
Equant Habit
Pyrite crystals with equal width, height and length in a cubic, octahedral and dodecahedral shape
Cube: 3 cm
Galena PbS
Equant, blocky Habit
Assemblage of galena crystals in their cubic shape
Size: 20 cm
Flourite CaF2
Equant Habit
Flourite crystals with equal width, height and length in a cubic and octahedral shape
Top: 8cm
Bottom: 3cm each
Quartz SiO2
Prismatic Habit
One of the most common of crystal Habits being “pencil-like", elongated along one axis
Size: 10 cm
Carborundum SiC
Tabular Habit
Broad, flat or book-like crystals
Size: 15 cm
Calcite - Iceland spar CaCO3
Rhombohedral Habit
Bent cubes in which each face of the crystal is a rhombus with no right angles
Size: 5 cm each
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