Typical localization forms of topochemical reactions taking place on the surface and inside a crystal have been compared. A kinetic model of triclinic crystal decomposition, which in contrast to known models takes into account that crystal faces react non-simultaneously, has been studied. It has been shown that depending on the value of the induction period that precedes entry of the crystal face into the reaction, and on the ratio of the linear velocities of interface advance in different directions, the decomposition may proceed without self-acceleration, or with one-fold or multi-fold self-acceleration.