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hypocrystalline

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In petrography, partly crystalline, partly glassy: a texture frequently developed in volcanic lavas. Also hemicrystalline. See merocrystalline.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Crystallog.) Partly crystalline; -- said of rock which consists of crystals imbedded in a glassy ground mass.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective geology having both glass and crystalline components

Etymologies

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hypo- +‎ crystalline

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