crystalloclast
English edit
Etymology edit
crystallo- + -clast
Noun edit
crystalloclast (plural crystalloclasts)
- (rare) A person who breaks crystals for the purpose of studying them.
- (mineralogy) A clast that consists primarily of crystalized mineral.
- 2002, Geochemistry international: Volume 40, Pages 827-1242:
- Virtually all crystalloclasts are strongly fractured, fused, and fragmented, and are often partly dissolved in the ground-mass...