cryptocrystalline

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

crypto- +‎ crystalline

Adjective[edit]

cryptocrystalline (not comparable)

(petrology) Whose crystalline nature only becomes apparent at high levels of magnification.

Translations[edit]

whose crystalline nature only becomes apparent at high levels of magnification

Portuguese: criptocristalino

Noun[edit]

cryptocrystalline (countable and uncountable, plural cryptocrystallines)

(petrology) A rock of this kind.

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