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metacryst
[ met-uh-krist ]
noun
, Geology.
- a crystal formed by recrystallization of minerals in a metamorphic rock.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of metacryst1
First recorded in 1910–15; meta- + (pheno)cryst
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