phanerocrystalline

phanerocrystalline: \\| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷+\ adjective
Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary phaner- + crystalline

: megascopically crystalline — compare cryptocrystalline

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/fan'euh roh kris"tl in, -uyn'/, adj. Petrog.

(of a rock) having the principal constituents in the form of crystals visible to the naked eye.

Also, phaneritic /fan'euh rit"ik/.

[1860-65; < Gk phaneró(s) visible, manifest + CRYSTALLINE]

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Phanerocrystalline — Phan er*o*crys tal*line, a. [Gr. ? visible + E. crystalline.] (Geol.) Distinctly crystalline; used of rocks. Opposed to {cryptocrystalline}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
phanerocrystalline — /fan euh roh kris tl in, uyn /, adj. Petrog. (of a rock) having the principal constituents in the form of crystals visible to the naked eye. Also, phaneritic /fan euh rit ik/. [1860 65; < Gk phaneró(s) visible, manifest + CRYSTALLINE] * * * … Universalium
phanerocrystalline — phan·er·o·crystalline … English syllables

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