Metamictize
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Metamictize is a verb meaning (of a mineral, intransitive) To gradually destroy the mineral's crystal structure through the radiation emitted by the mineral itself, leaving it amorphous.
Meaning
(of a mineral, intransitive) To gradually destroy the mineral's crystal structure through the radiation emitted by the mineral itself, leaving it amorphous.
Word Forms
- metamictizes
- metamictizing
- metamictized
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include mineralize, chloritize, pegmatize, mineralise, dolomitize, permineralize.
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