Colloform
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Colloform is an adjective meaning (mineralogy) Having a rounded, finely banded texture formed by rhythmic precipitation.
Meaning
(mineralogy) Having a rounded, finely banded texture formed by rhythmic precipitation.
Example Sentences
Often complex textural patterns of more than one colloform mineral phase might co-exist.
The colloform ores, developed primarily in the open spaces of breccias and fractures, are inferred to be younger than disseminated ores on the basis of the following textural relationships […]
As mentioned, the transition of colloform to crystalline structures is achieved mainly by the reversibility of gel to sol and possibly from sol to a solution phase out of which crystallization can take place.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include granuliform, typomorphic, coralline, allochemical, porphyritic, vincinal.
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