Cryptocrystalline Definition

krĭptō-krĭstə-lĭn, -līn
adjective
Having a crystalline structure of submicroscopic crystals.
Webster's New World

(petrology) Whose crystalline nature only becomes apparent at high levels of magnification.

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noun
(petrology) A rock of this kind.
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cryptocrystalline
Plural:
cryptocrystallines

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