What is the meaning of Crystallite?

(n.) A minute mineral form like those common in glassy volcanic rocks and some slags, not having a definite crystalline outline and not referable to any mineral species, but marking the first step in the crystallization process. According to their form crystallites are called trichites, belonites, globulites, etc.
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HarvardWebster's 2011, crystallite, Smart Define, viewed 23 September, 2026, <http://smartdefine.org/crystallite/definitions/1993456>.
MLAWebster's. "crystallite" 27 May 2011. Web. 23 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/crystallite/definitions/1993456>
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