metacryst

[ met-uh-krist ]

nounGeology.
  1. a crystal formed by recrystallization of minerals in a metamorphic rock.

Origin of metacryst

1
First recorded in 1910–15; meta- + (pheno)cryst

Words Nearby metacryst

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