Term: shish-kebab structure
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.S05646

Definition:
A polycrystalline morphology of double habit consisting of fibrous crystals overgrown epitaxially by lamellar crystals, the stems of which are parallel to the fibre axis.

Related Terms:
1) morphology (http://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.MT07285).

Source: Purple Book, 1st ed., p. 83 (http://old.iupac.org/publications/books/author/metanomski.html)

Citation: 'shish-kebab structure' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.S05646

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