- Spherulitic
- Spherulitic Spher`u*lit"ic, a. Of or pertaining to a spherulite; characterized by the presence of spherulites. [1913 Webster]
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Spherulitic
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spherulitic — adjective see spherulite … New Collegiate Dictionary
spherulitic — See spherulite. * * * … Universalium
spherulitic — adjective a) of or relating to spherulite b) containing spherulite … Wiktionary
spherulitic — spheru·lit·ic … English syllables
spherulitic — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|lid.ik adjective : of, relating to, made up of, or being spherulites … Useful english dictionary
spherulitic carbon — n as used in Test Method D5061, a spherical anisotropic carbon form sometimes referred to as thermal black that is formed by the deposition of carbon concentrically around a nucleus. D5061 … Coke&Coal Terminology
spherulite — spherulitic /sfer oo lit ik, yoo , sfear /, adj. /sfer oo luyt , yoo , sfear /, n. Petrol. a rounded aggregate of radiating crystals found in obsidian and other glassy igneous rocks. [1815 25; SPHERULE + ITE1] * * * … Universalium
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Quartz-porphyry — Quartz porphyry, in petrology, is the name given to a group of hemi crystalline acid rocks containing porphyritic crystals of quartz in a fine grained matrix, usually of micro crystalline or felsitic structure. In specimens, the quartz appears as … Wikipedia
Rock microstructure — includes the texture of a rock and the small scale rock structures. The words texture and microstructure are interchangeable, with the latter preferred in modern geological literature. However, texture is still acceptable because it is a useful… … Wikipedia
