Ice Crystal

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-013784",
  "term": "Ice Crystal",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "Generally only occurring in very cold regions, they are falling ice crystals in the form of needles, columns, or plates. Also called 'diamond dust' this is a type of fog produced by a cirrus cloud on the ground but unlike fog (a stratus cloud on the ground) the individual particles of 'ice crystals' form directly as ice.",
  "references": [
    "NOAA National Weather Service JetStream - Online School for Weather at http://http://www.srh.noaa.gov/jetstream/index.htm"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/ice-crystal/"
}