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- Preferred Labelskos:prefLabel
crystalline grain
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| Preferred Labelskos:prefLabel | crystalline grain |
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| Definitionskos:definition | Constituent that is the product of crystallization during formation of a compound Earth material (see NADMC1 2004). Serves to distinguish crystalline from granular rocks (Struik, 2002). Includes constituents crystallized in evaporite environments, during diagenesis or hydrothermal alteration, or in other low-temperature environments. |
| Narrowernarrower |
crystallite
holoblast microlite paleoblast pseudomorph xenocryst |
| Broaderbroader |
solid constituent particle
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