CRYSTALLINE ROCK

  

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CRYSTALLINE ROCK

Specialty Definition: CRYSTALLINE ROCK

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Mining

A. An inexact, but convenient term designating an igneous or metamorphic rock, as opposed to a sedimentary rock b. A rock consisting wholly of relatively large mineral grains, e.g., a plutonic rock, an igneous rock lacking glassy material, or a metamorphic rock c. The term has also been applied to sedimentary rocks, e.g., some limestones, that are composed of coarsely crystalline grains or exhibit atexture formed by partial or complete recrystallization e.g., a plutonic rock, an igneous rock lacking glassy material, or a metamorphic rock. (references)

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Crosswords: CRYSTALLINE ROCK

English words defined with "CRYSTALLINE ROCK": Fahlbandgem, gemstoneMassive rockNoritestone. (references)
Specialty definitions using "CRYSTALLINE ROCK": black granitecommercial marblediaphthorite. (references)

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Commercial Usage: CRYSTALLINE ROCK

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Books

  • Simulation of Ground-Water Flow and Base Flow in Weathered Crystalline Rock, Upper Cattail Creek, Howard Country, Maryland/Reports R.I. 45 (reference)

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Modern Translation: CRYSTALLINE ROCK

Language Translations for "CRYSTALLINE ROCK"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

French

  

roche cristalline. (various references)

   

German

  

kristallines Gestein. (various references)

   

Italian

  

roccia cristallina. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ystallinecray ockray.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

rocha cristalina. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

roca cristalina. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: CRYSTALLINE ROCK

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-c-e-i-k-l-l-n-o-r-r-s-t-y"

-4 letters: centrically, citronellas, crystalline, incorrectly, sectionally.

-5 letters: accretions, allosteric, anorectics, anteriorly, citronella, clearstory, cockatiels, contraries, contrarily, corallines, corncrakes, cortically, crackliest, erotically, interlocal, interlocks, kilocycles, lectionary, orientally, scenically, sclerotial, societally, sterically.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Usage: Commercial
3. Translations: Modern
4. Anagrams
5. Bibliography


  

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