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Crystallite

Crystallite Meaning & Definition
Crystallite Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Crystallite?

[n] any of numerous minute rudimentary crystalline bodies of unknown composition found in glassy igneous rock

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Crystallite In Webster's Dictionary

\Crys"tal*lite\ (kr?s"tal-l?t), n. [See {Crystal}.] (Min.) A minute mineral form like those common in glassy volcanic rocks and some slags, not having a definite crystalline outline and not referable to any mineral species, but marking the first step in the crystallization process. According to their form crystallites are called {trichites}, {belonites}, {globulites}, etc.

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