Meanings
nouncrystalloclast (plural crystalloclasts)
plural crystalloclasts
- rareA person who breaks crystals for the purpose of studying them.
- chemistryA clast that consists primarily of crystalized mineral.
Virtually all crystalloclasts are strongly fractured, fused, and fragmented, and are often partly dissolved in the ground-mass...
2002, Geochemistry international: Volume 40, Pages 827-1242
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