crystalloclast

crystalloclast

English

Etymology

crystallo- +‎ -clast

Noun

crystalloclast (plural crystalloclasts)

1. (rare) A person who breaks crystals for the purpose of studying them.
2. (mineralogy) A clast that consists primarily of crystalized mineral.
   • 2002, Geochemistry international: Volume 40, Pages 827-1242

     Virtually all crystalloclasts are strongly fractured, fused, and fragmented, and are often partly dissolved in the ground-mass...