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Webster 1913 Edition
Cryptocrystalline
Crypˊto-crys′tal-line
(-kr?s′tal-l?n)
, Adj.
[Gr.
κρυπτόσ
hidden + E. crystalline
.] (Geol.)
Indistinctly crystalline; – applied to rocks and minerals, whose state of aggregation is so fine that no distinct particles are visible, even under the microscope.
Definition 2024
cryptocrystalline
cryptocrystalline
English
Adjective
cryptocrystalline (not comparable)
- (petrology) Whose crystalline nature only becomes apparent at high levels of magnification.
Translations
whose crystalline nature only becomes apparent at high levels of magnification
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Noun
cryptocrystalline (countable and uncountable, plural cryptocrystallines)
- (petrology) A rock of this kind.