- metacrysts
- n. crystal formed during the re-crystallization of minerals contained in a metamorphic rock (Geology)
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
metacrysts
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poikiloblastic — /poy kil euh blas tik, poy keuh leuh /, adj. Petrog. (of metamorphic rocks) having small grains of one mineral embedded in metacrysts of another mineral. [1915 20; < Gk poikiló(s) various + BLASTIC] * * * … Universalium
