ALL meanings of cryptocrystalline
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C c - adjective cryptocrystalline (of rocks) composed of crystals that can be distinguished individually only by the use of a polarizing microscope 3
- adjective cryptocrystalline having a crystalline structure of submicroscopic crystals 3
- adjective cryptocrystalline having a microscopic crystalline structure. 1
- noun cryptocrystalline (petrology) Whose crystalline nature only becomes apparent at high levels of magnification. 1
- noun cryptocrystalline (petrology) A rock of this kind. 0