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Definition of Microcrystal
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Microcrystal
Literary usage of Microcrystal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Pharmacopoeia of the United States of America: (The United States by United States Pharmacopoeial Convention (1820)
"Ethylmorphine Hydrochloride is a white or yellowish, odorless, microcrystal powder.
One Gm. of Ethylmorphine Hydrochloride dissolves in 8 mils of water an ..."
2. Petrology for Students: An Introduction to the Study of Rocks Under the by Alfred Harker (1908)
"When an evident microcrystal- line structure has been set up as a secondary
alteration, it probably indicates, as a rule, something more than the merely ..."
3. The Nomenclature of Petrology: With References to Selected Literature by Arthur Holmes (1920)
"A term applied to the " rims " or " borders," composed of microcrystal- line
aggregates of pyroxene or amphibole, which sometimes appear around olivine ..."
4. The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana, 1837-1868 by James Dwight Dana, Edward Salisbury Dana (1892)
"microcrystal- line, in rolled pebbles. H. — 4.5-5. G. — 3.21. Luster non-metallic.
Color flesh-red, seldom yellow or white. In thin section appears as an ..."
5. Geology of Wisconsin: Survey of 1873-1879 by Wisconsin Chief Geologist (1883)
"Under the microscope the matrix presents various mixtures of microcrystal- line
and cryptocrystalline material, the whole commonly stained by brown fer- ..."
6. Bulletin of the Geological Institutions of the University of Uppsala by Geologiska institutionen, Mineralogisk-geologiska institutionen, Uppsala universitet (1908)
"... the mixture is not intimate, and the diabase is almost microcrystal- line.
This is the result of a rapid cooling. In such cases it seems that the rate ..."
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