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Rowe, M. C., Ellis, B. S. & Lindeberg, A. Quantifying crystallization and devitrification of rhyolites by means of X-ray diffraction and electron microprobe analysis.

From Nature • Dec. 12, 2017

From this extreme every gradation may be traced through gradual increase of the products of devitrification, until the mass may become completely crystalline.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various

Glass which has been kept for a considerable time at a temperature just below its fusion-point gradually becomes opaque or crystalline in appearance; this phenomenon is spoken of as devitrification.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde by Various

The presence of aluminum compounds appears to have some influence on the tendency of the glass to resist devitrification.

From A Handbook of Laboratory Glass-Blowing by Bolas, Bernard D.

Crystalline growth may also take place in solid amorphous matter, for example, in the devitrification of glass, and the slow change in metals when subjected to alternating stresses.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various