acicular

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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

These brown-coloured, compact lavas, consist almost entirely of small glimmering scales, or of minute acicular crystals, of feldspar, placed close by the side of each other, and abounding with minute black specks, apparently of hornblende.

From Volcanic Islands by Darwin, Charles

Crystals of arsenic belong to the rhombohedral system, and have a perfect cleavage parallel to the basal plane; natural crystals are, however, of rare occurrence, and are usually acicular in habit.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" by Various

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

From The Elements of Blowpipe Analysis by Getman, Frederick Hutton

One fissure was completely lined with exquisite, acicular crystals of sulphur, which perished with a touch.

From Unbeaten Tracks in Japan by Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)