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MICROCRYSTALLINE [1 record]

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Record 1 2013-07-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
  • Various Metal Ores
  • Petrography
DEF

Consisting of very fine ([especially] microscopic) crystals.

CONT

... a microcrystalline variety of pyrhite ...

OBS

Applied to crystalline rocks, the constituents of which are individually so minute that they cannot be distinguished from each other by the naked eye ...

PHR

Microcrystalline quartz.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
  • Minerais divers (Mines métalliques)
  • Pétrographie
DEF

Se dit d'un corps dont la structure est formée par l'enchevêtrement de très petits cristaux ne pouvant être décelés qu'au microscope.

CONT

[...] une variété microcristalline de pyrhite [...]

PHR

Quartz microcristallin.

Spanish

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