lineation

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When minerals lie on a plane AND point in a common direction; this is both foliation and lineation.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017

Linear crystals, such as hornblende, tourmaline, or stretched quartz grains, can be arranged as part of a foliation, a lineation, or foliation/lineation together.

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

Far more definite in position, and complex in lineation, are the small independent systems which appear on the bulbs of the thumb and fingers.

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