Terms vs Macrocryst - What's the difference?
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(mineralogy) A relatively large crystal occurring in a mineral deposit, usually defined as one between 0.5 mm and 10 mm in size.
*{{quote-journal, 2000, date=March 31, Bradley R. Hacker et al., Hot and Dry Deep Crustal Xenoliths from Tibet, Science
, passage=The sanidines were loose macrocrysts and their difference in ages suggests that they were derived from two separate flows. }}
As nouns the difference between terms and macrocryst
is that terms is while macrocryst is (mineralogy) a relatively large crystal occurring in a mineral deposit, usually defined as one between 05 mm and 10 mm in size.macrocryst
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