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Meaning of CRYPTOCRYSTALLINE

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Cryp`to*crys"tal*line\ (-kr?s"tal-l?n), a.
[Gr. krypto`s hidden + E. crystalline.] (Geol.)
Indistinctly crystalline; -- applied to rocks and minerals,
whose state of aggregation is so fine that no distinct
particles are visible, even under the microscope.

 
Glossary
 
 Definition: a term for glassy rocks which break with a conchoidal fracture, such as obsidian.
 



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