crystalloclast
nounEtymology From crystallo- + -clast.
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Rare A person who breaks crystals for the purpose of studying them.
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Chemistry, Geography, Geology, Mineralogy, Natural sciences, Physical sciences A clast that consists primarily of crystalized mineral.
- Virtually all crystalloclasts are strongly fractured, fused, and fragmented, and are often partly dissolved in the ground-mass...2002, Geochemistry international: Volume 40, Pages 827-1242: