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metamictize

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To gradually destroy the mineral's crystal structure through the radiation emitted by the mineral itself, leaving it amorphous.

Word forms

metamictize metamictizes metamictizing metamictized

Etymology

From metamict + -ize.

Derived words

metamictization

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