acicular

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Delicate acicular crystals of considerable length were found long ago in the Pentire Glaze mine near St Minver in Cornwall.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various

Those of the beryl we sometimes find quite flat, as though they had been compressed by force: then again they are acicular and of extraordinary length, considering their slender diameter.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 27, June, 1873 by Various

Mī′crolith, a name suggested by Vogelsang in 1867 for the microscopic acicular components of rocks.—adj.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

Sammetblende or przibramite is a variety, from Przibram in Bohemia, consisting of delicate acicular or capillary crystals arranged in radiating groups with a velvety surface and yellow colour.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various

Soon Birdie and myself were a mass of acicular crystals; it was a true easterly fog.

From A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains by Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)