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Snowflake - Fernlike Stellar Dendrite

By Anne Marie Helmenstine, Ph.D., About.com Guide

This snowflake exhibits a fernlike variation of the dendrite shape.

This snowflake exhibits a fernlike variation of the stellar dendrite shape. It would be P1i under Ukichiro Nakaya's classification system or P1f under Bentley's classification system.

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