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reniform in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Reniform is an
adjective meaning "kidney-shaped". It may
refer to:
Reniform habit, a type of crystal...
- and as such
there are many
terms are used to
describe them. Bean-shaped (
reniform) –
resembling a kidney, with
lobed ends on
either side of the
hilum Square...
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takes the form of a
pulmonarial membrane. (Compare: pleurite)
reniform stigma (or
reniform spot) an oval or kidney-shaped mark on the
forewing at the disc...
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aggregates around a center. This
habit is
found in cross-sections from
reniform/mamillary habits, and also from
elongated stalactites of
amethyst (quartz)...
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Having lobes with
incisions that
extend almost to, or up to, the
midrib reniform reniformis whole leaf
Shaped like a kidney, with an
inward curve on one...
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Rotylenchulus reniformis, the
reniform nematode, is a
species of
parasitic nematode of
plants with a
worldwide distribution in the
tropical and subtropical...
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orthorhombic crystal system, and most
often forms as stalactitic, botryoidal,
reniform or
globular aggregates, with only just the
crests of
small crystals showing...
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kidney ore may be
broadly used to
describe botryoidal, mammillary, or
reniform hematite.
Maghemite is a
polymorph of
hematite (γ-Fe 2O 3) with the same...
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Black with gray
pyrolusite bands Crystal habit Botryoidal, mammillary,
reniform Cleavage None
Fracture Conchoidal and
uneven Mohs
scale hardness 5.0 –...
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Crystals with a barrel-like
curvature are not uncommon.
Globular and
reniform m****es are also found.
Pyromorphite is part of the
apatite group of minerals...
