subhedral
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Meaning
- adjective Having some crystal faces and some grainy surfaces; neither entirely euhedral nor entirely anhedral.
Similar words
laths euhedral anhedral emarginate mesocrystalline automorphic xenomorphic subvitreous hypocrystalline subcrystalline
Often followed by
to crystals grains and plagioclase or phenocrysts laths quartz
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