acicular
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The phonolite is of a greenish-grey colour, and is full of minute acicular crystals of feldspar; in most parts it has a conchoidal fracture, and is sonorous, yet it is crenulated with minute air-cavities.
From Volcanic Islands by Darwin, Charles
In the same manner I treated the acicular leaves, and portions of the stem separately, both being previously cut up into small pieces, and from both I obtained phenol.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 443, June 28, 1884 by Various
Having found, in small quantities, alcohols of the CnH2n-7 series, last summer, in the stem, acicular leaves, and cones of Pinus sylvestris, I wish in this paper to say a few words on the subject.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 443, June 28, 1884 by Various
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
The plumbago occurs both amorphous, and in long acicular crystals.
From In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions by McClintock, Francis Leopold
