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cryptocrystalline
[ krip-toh-kris-tl-in, -ahyn ]
cryptocrystalline
/ ˌkrɪptəʊˈkrɪstəlaɪn /
adjective
- (of rocks) composed of crystals that can be distinguished individually only by the use of a polarizing microscope
cryptocrystalline
/ krĭp′tō-krĭs′tə-lĭn,-līn′ /
- Having a microscopic crystalline structure, as the mineral chalcedony does.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cryptocrystalline1
First recorded in 1860–65; crypto- + crystalline
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Example Sentences
That is, the metamorphic rocks are characteristically holocrystalline, while igneous rocks are porphyritic, or cryptocrystalline.
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