Crystalyxes have seven features which approximately describe their configuration, behavior and appearance. Similar to their predecessors, monocells and chromoplasms, they start from one of four basic primitive shapes and develop in several stages through application of growth rules. Symmetrical crystalyxes can evolve up to stage 4, while irregular ones are known to go even higher. Note that higher stage crystalyxes are GPU intensive to display and interact with. Each crystalyx has both structural as well as behavioral features. Structural ones include starting primitive (tetrahedron, hexahedron, octahedron, dodecahedron), stage (1-6) and order (symmetric, irregular), with many growth-related features remaining hidden. Behavioral features include reconfiguration of node connections and modulation of node distances. Finally, crystalyxes are distinguished by their mineral composition (lapis lazuli, emerald, ruby) and color mode (3-bit, monochrome).

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