crystalloblastic
adjective
crys·tal·lo·blas·tic
\¦kristəlō¦blastik\
Definition of crystalloblastic
1 of a rock : of or relating to any crystalline texture resulting from metamorphism
2 : denoting a structure produced by crystals growing in a solid solution
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Origin and Etymology of crystalloblastic
International Scientific Vocabulary crystall- + -blastic; originally formed as German kristalloblastisch
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