CRYPTOPERTHITE


Meaning of CRYPTOPERTHITE in English

|kriptō+ noun

( -s )

Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary crypt- + perthite; originally formed as German kryptoperthit

: a perthite with lamellae of submicroscopic dimensions, such lamellae being observable by X-ray diffraction or by the electron microscope

• cryp·to·perthitic | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷+ adjective

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