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   What does botryoidal mean in mineralogy ?

Botryodial : definition

This term is derived from the Greek words botrus (cluster) and eidos (aspect), it designates crystalline aggregates with rounded shapes grouped in clusters, frequent in particular in concretions of chalcedony, limonite, goethite, aragonite, hematite (photo on the right), etc...
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