cryptocrystalline

English

Etymology

crypto- +‎ crystalline

Adjective

cryptocrystalline (not comparable)

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

Translations

whose crystalline nature only becomes apparent at high levels of magnification

Portuguese: criptocristalino

Noun

cryptocrystalline (countable and uncountable, plural cryptocrystallines)

(petrology) A rock of this kind.

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