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symplectites

symplectites is the plural of symplectite.

Meaning of symplectite

Noun

symplectite (plural symplectites)

  1. An intimate intergrowth of two or more different crystals, formed from the breakdown of unstable phases, consisting of minerals, ceramics, or metals.
    • The Phe + Qtz symplectite, grown preferentially along the planar perthitic exsolution lamellae, indicates that the albite exsolution (i.e., a first retrogression) occurred before the eclogite-facies metamorphism […].2017, J. Theo Kloprogge, Robert Lavinsky, “Introduction: Geological Examples”, in Photo Atlas of Mineral Pseudomorphism, Amsterdam: Elsevier, →ISBN, page 88

Questions about symplectites

What is symplectites the plural of?
Symplectites is the plural of symplectite.

Words near symplectites in the dictionary

  1. symplecticity
  2. symplectics
  3. symplectisation
  4. symplectisations
  5. symplectite
  6. symplectites
  7. symplectitic
  8. symplectization
  9. symplectizations
  10. symplectomorphic
  11. symplectomorphically

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