cryptocrystalline

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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