symplectite

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symplectite (plural symplectites)

  1. (petrology, mineralogy) An intimate intergrowth of two or more different crystals, formed from the breakdown of unstable phases, consisting of minerals, ceramics, or metals.
    • 2017, J. Theo Kloprogge, Robert Lavinsky, “Introduction: Geological Examples”, in Photo Atlas of Mineral Pseudomorphism, Amsterdam: Elsevier, →ISBN, page 88:
      The Phe + Qtz symplectite, grown preferentially along the planar perthitic exsolution lamellae, indicates that the albite exsolution (i.e., a first retrogression) occurred before the eclogite-facies metamorphism […] .

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