Any of numerous minute rudimentary crystalline bodies of unknown composition found in glassy igneous rock

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n. any of numerous minute rudimentary crystalline bodies of unknown composition found in glassy igneous rock

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Polycrystalline or multicrystalline materials, or polycrystals are solids that are composed of many crystallites of varying size and orientation. Crystallites are also referred to as grains . They are small or even microscopic crystals and form during the ...

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n. A small region of a solid that consists of a single crystal; a grain

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Crystallite \Crys"tal*lite\ (kr?s"tal-l?t), n. [See Crystal .] (Min.) A minute mineral form like those common in glassy volcanic rocks and some slags, not having a definite crystalline outline and not referable to any mineral species, but marking the first ...