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Crystallization vs Allotriomorph - What's the difference?

crystallization | allotriomorph |

As nouns the difference between crystallization and allotriomorph

is that crystallization is the act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal, or becomes crystallized while allotriomorph is 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.

crystallization

English

(wikipedia crystallization)

Alternative forms

* (UK) crystallisation

Noun

(en noun)
  • (uncountable) The act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal, or becomes crystallized.
  • (countable) The body formed by crystallizing; as, silver on precipitation forms arborescent crystallizations.
  • (uncountable, physics, chemistry) The formation of a solid from a solution, melt, vapour or from a different solid phase
  • (countable) The process or the result of becoming more definite or precise.

    • Derived terms

    * fractional crystallization * water of crystallization

    allotriomorph

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (geology) 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.

    • Synonyms

    * xenomorph

    Derived terms

    * allotriomorphic