idiomorphic
Americanadjective
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Also (in a rock) noting or pertaining to a mineral constituent having its own characteristic outward crystalline form unaltered by the other constituents of the rock; automorphic.
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having its own characteristic form.
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of idiomorphic
1885–90; < Greek idiómorph ( os ) having an individual form ( see idio-, -morphous) + -ic
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Nabokov's treatment of these themes is idiomorphic; his form is flashingly and immutably his own.
From Time Magazine Archive
Typical nepheline-dolerites are scarce, and consist of idiomorphic augite, surrounded by nepheline.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" by Various
The last of these minerals occurs in small irregular patches between the idiomorphic felspars which Dr J. J. H. Tean has found to be a soda orthoclase.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
Many felsites contain porphyritic crystals of clear quartz in rounded blebs, more or less idiomorphic felspar, and occasionally biotite.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various
The augite is mostly a variety of diopside and is only occasionally idiomorphic.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" by Various
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