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macrocryst

macrocryst noun: a relatively large crystal occurring in a mineral deposit, usually defined as one between 0.5 mm and 10 mm in size.

Noun

macrocryst (plural macrocrysts)

  1. A relatively large crystal occurring in a mineral deposit, usually defined as one between 0.5 mm and 10 mm in size.
    • The sanidines were loose macrocrysts and their difference in ages suggests that they were derived from two separate flows.2000 March 31, Bradley R. Hacker et al., “Hot and Dry Deep Crustal Xenoliths from Tibet”, in Science, volume 287, number 5462, →DOI, pages 2463–2466

Forms of macrocryst

pluralmacrocrysts

Origin of macrocryst

From macro- + -cryst. First defined by Clement & Skinner in 1979 in their paper "A textural genetic classification of kimberlite rocks" published in Kimberlite Symposium IIhttp://books.google.com/books?id=QWjAHAAACAAJ.

Questions about macrocryst

What does macrocryst mean?
Macrocryst means a relatively large crystal occurring in a mineral deposit, usually defined as one between 0.5 mm and 10 mm in size.
What part of speech is macrocryst?
Macrocryst is a noun.
What is the plural of macrocryst?
The plural of macrocryst is macrocrysts.

Words near macrocryst in the dictionary

  1. macrocracking
  2. macrocracks
  3. macrocrania
  4. macrocrustacean
  5. macrocrustaceans
  6. macrocryst
  7. macrocrystal
  8. macrocrystalline
  9. macrocrystallinity
  10. macrocrystals
  11. macrocrysts

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