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Webster 1913 Edition


Crystallite

Crys′tal-lite

(kr?s′tal-l?t)
,
Noun.
[See
Crystal
.]
(Min.)
A minute mineral form like those common in glassy volcanic rocks and some slags, not having a definite crystalline outline and not referable to any mineral species, but marking the first step in the crystallization process. According to their form crystallites are called
trichites
,
belonites
,
globulites
, etc.

Webster 1828 Edition


Crystallite

CRYSTALLITE

,
Noun.
A name given to whinstone, cooled slowly after fusion.

Definition 2024


crystallite

crystallite

English

Noun

crystallite (plural crystallites)

  1. A small region of a solid that consists of a single crystal; a grain

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