cryptocrystalline
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From crypto- + crystalline.
Adjective
[edit]cryptocrystalline (not comparable)
- (petrology) Whose crystalline nature only becomes apparent at high levels of magnification.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]whose crystalline nature only becomes apparent at high levels of magnification
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Noun
[edit]cryptocrystalline (countable and uncountable, plural cryptocrystallines)
- (petrology) A rock of this kind.