macrocryst

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A relatively large crystal occurring in a mineral deposit, usually defined as one between 0.5 mm and 10 mm in size.
    — The sanidines were loose macrocrysts and their difference in ages suggests that they were derived from two separate flows.

词形变化

macrocrysts plural

词源

From macro- + -cryst. First defined by Clement & Skinner in 1979 in their paper "A textural genetic classification of kimberlite rocks" published in Kimberlite Symposium IIhttp://books.google.com/books?id=QWjAHAAACAAJ.
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