allotriomorph

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A mineral that did not develop its otherwise typical external crystal form because of late crystallization between earlier formed crystals, typical of matrix minerals in rapidly crystallizing volcanic lavas and shallow igneous intrusions.

allotriomorph allotriomorphs

Classical compound, Ancient Greek ἀλλότριος (allótrios, “foreign”) + -morph.

xenomorph

allotrious allotriophagy

allotriomorphic

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