EGAVE

subhedral

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Meaning

  1. 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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