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Definition of Spherulite
1. n. A minute spherical crystalline body having a radiated structure, observed in some vitreous volcanic rocks, as obsidian and pearlstone.
Definition of Spherulite
1. Noun. a minute spherical crystalline body having a radiated structure, observed in some vitreous volcanic rocks, as obsidian and pearlstone. ¹
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Definition of Spherulite
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Medical Definition of Spherulite
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Spherulite
Literary usage of Spherulite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin of the Philosophical Society of Washington by Philosophical Society of Washington (1892)
"In certain cases the zone of clear feldspar does not occur on the margin of the
spherulite,but forms a crescent-shaped transparent belt within it, ..."
2. Aids in Practical Geology by Grenville Arthur James Cole (1902)
"In more exceptional cases the spherulite has grown in some directions more than
... The material, partly glassy, partly crystalline, forming the spherulite ..."
3. The Tertiary Igneous Rocks of Skye by Alfred Harker (1904)
"The peripheral portion of the spherulite appears also to be decidedly richer in
quartz ... These rods occupy only a part of the space within the spherulite, ..."
4. The Natural History of Igneous Rocks by Alfred Harker (1909)
"Suppose, further, that they follow a definite law of growth, so that the radius
of a spherulite after a certain time of growth is some function of the time, ..."
5. British Petrography: With Special Reference to the Igneous Rocks by Jethro Justinian Harms Teall (1888)
"When this is the case and when the fibres radiate from a centre the spherulite
gives a black cross in polarized light with crossed nicols, and the character ..."
6. The Rocks of Cape Colville Peninsula, Auckland, New Zealand by William Johnson Sollas, Alexander McKay (1906)
"The hope naturally arises of being able to trace some of the fibres of the
spherulite into continuity with the felspar threads of this ..."
7. Bulletin by Geological Society of America (1915)
"In the first case the presence of the gas bubble adjacent to the spherulite
hinders the further growth of the spherulite at that point, with the result that ..."
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