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Lava vs Allotriomorph - What's the difference?

lava | allotriomorph |

As a verb lava

is to wash.

As a noun allotriomorph is

(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.

lava

English

(wikipedia lava)

Noun

  • The melted rock ejected by a volcano from its crater or fissured sides.
  • (informal, proscribed) Magma.

    • Usage notes

    Geologists make a distinction between magma (molten rock underground) and lava (molten rock on the surface).

    Derived terms

    * lava lamp * lava millstone * lava ware

    See also

    * aa * pahoehoe

    Anagrams

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    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