Cryptocrystalline
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Cryptocrystalline is an adjective meaning (petrology) Whose crystalline nature only becomes apparent at high levels of magnification.
Meaning
(petrology) Whose crystalline nature only becomes apparent at high levels of magnification.
More Meanings
- (petrology) A rock of this kind.
Word Forms
- cryptocrystallines
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include groundmass, magnesite, aragonite, macrocrystalline, hypercrystalline, microcryptocrystalline.
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