FIGURE 2.14 Some common crystal habits. A. Bladed. Elongated crystals that are flattened in one direction. B. Prismatic. Elongated crystals with faces that are parallel to a common direction. C. Banded. Minerals that have stripes or bands of different color or texture. D. Botryoidal Groups of intergrown crystals resembling a bunch of grapes. (Photos by Dennis Tasa)