cryptocrystalline

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Adjective
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CIDE DICTIONARY

cryptocrystallinea. [Gr. krypto`s hidden + E. crystalline.].
     Indistinctly crystalline; -- applied to rocks and minerals, whose state of aggregation is so fine that no distinct particles are visible, even under the microscope.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

cryptocrystalline, adj. having a crystalline structure visible only when magnified.


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