A breach is material if, as a result of the breaching partyâs failure to perform some aspect of the contract, the other party receives something substantially different from what the contract specified.
In mineralogy, crystal habit is the characteristic external shape of an individual crystal or groups of crystals. A single crystal's habit is a description of its general shape and its crystallographic forms, plus how well developed each are.Recognizing the habit may help in identifying a mineral.or example, minerals used for asbestos insulation often grow in a fibrous habit, a mass of very fine fibers. The terms used by mineralogists to report crystal habits describe the typical appearance of an ideal mineral.
Adamantine minerals possess a superlative lustre, which is most notably seen in diamond. Such minerals are transparent or translucent, and have a high refractive index (of 1.9 or more). Minerals with a true adamantine lustre are uncommon, with examples being cerussite and Cubic zirconia. range of terms are used to describe lustre, such as earthy, metallic, greasy, and silky. Similarly, the term vitreous (derived from the Latin for glass, vitrum) refers to a glassy lustre. A list of these terms is given below.