Having a shape that resembles a rhombus or diamond but with irregular or unequal dimensions, particularly used in describing mineral forms or crystal structures.
From Greek 'anomos' (irregular), 'rhombos' (rhombus), and 'eidos' (form). Used in crystallography and mineralogy.
Minerals can fool you—a crystal looks like it should have perfectly equal sides like a geometric diamond, but then the molecular arrangement makes it slightly squished or stretched. It's nature's imperfection that reveals structure.
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