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cryptocrystalline

adj

Etymology

From crypto- + crystalline.

  1. derived from κρυστάλλινος
  2. derived from crystallinus
  3. derived from cristallin
  4. inherited from cristallyn
  5. prefixed as cryptocrystalline — “crypto + crystalline”

Definitions

  1. Whose crystalline nature only becomes apparent at high levels of magnification.

  2. A rock of this kind.

The neighborhood

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