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cryptocrystalline

cryp·to·crys·tal·line [ krìptō krístə ln, krìp tō krístəlin ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
made up of submicroscopic crystals: describes rocks that are composed of crystals too small to be seen with a petrological microscope

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