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Nematic     Cholesteric
oily streaks
Smectic A
Batonnets
    Smectic A
Focal conic fans  
Smectic B
Mosaic
    Smectic B
Mosaic
Smectic B
Focal conic fans
    Smectic C
Broken fans
Smectic C
Broken Fans
    Crystals

References:

Smectic Liquid Crystals, G.W. Gray and J.W. Goodby, Leonard Hill Publishing (1984)
ISBN 0-249-44168-3

Textures of Liquid Crystals, D. Demus and L. Richter, Verlag Chemie: New York (1978)
ISBN 0-89573-015-4 (NY) or ISBN 3-527-25796-9 (Weinham)


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