lineation

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If the minerals line up and point in a common direction, but with no planar fabric, this is lineation.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017

Potassium feldspar does not exhibit twinning or striations but may show linear features called exsolution lamellae, also known as perthitic lineation or simply perthite.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017

Crooked and jagged, the lineation is a lifetime on display — the joy, sadness, euphoria and thrill of every breath.

From Washington Times • Jun. 1, 2014

Some of the material swings close to the prosaic, yet Motion's deft lineation and deletions work double-time to preserve the true sense of natural speech.

From The Guardian • Dec. 14, 2012

Bewick, the English draughtsman, struck with the delicate qualities of the lineation, made engravings of the impression of two of his finger-tips and used them as signatures for his work.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" by Various