acicular

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Further along the tube it is slowly deposited in a porcelain like form, while further still the sublimate of sulphide takes the form of brilliant acicular crystals.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 841, February 13, 1892 by Various

In this disease cartilage, ligaments, and tendons, bone-marrow, muscle, the endocardium and aorta, the membranes of the brain and spinal cord, the skin and kidneys, may contain deposits of acicular crystals and amorphous granules.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

Minute acicular or dendritic crystalline forms sometimes observed in glassy volcanic rocks.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah

Usually of a white or light greenish color and vitreous lustre, in acicular crystallizations.

From The Elements of Blowpipe Analysis by Getman, Frederick Hutton

It was a ravishing country, a fairy-country of blue skies and fleecy clouds; of acicular summits and sharp-edged crags; of mist-hung valleys shimmering in the sun; of black chasms dizzily bridged by scarlet-flowered vines.

From The Azure Rose A Novel by Kauffman, Reginald Wright