different between crystallization vs allotriomorph

English

Alternative forms

• crystallisation (British)

Etymology

From crystal +? -ization.

Noun

crystallization (countable and uncountable, plural crystallizations)

1. The act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal, or becomes crystallized.
2. The body formed by crystallizing.

3. The formation of a solid from a solution, melt, vapour or from a different solid phase
4. The process or the result of becoming more definite or precise.

Derived terms

• fractional crystallization
• water of crystallization

Translations

Further reading

• crystallization on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

Classical compound, Ancient Greek ????????? (allótrios, “foreign”) +? -morph.

Noun

allotriomorph (plural allotriomorphs)

1. (geology) A mineral that did not develop its otherwise typical external crystal form because of late crystallization between earlier formed crystals, typical of matrix minerals in rapidly crystallizing volcanic lavas and shallow igneous intrusions.

Synonyms

• xenomorph

Derived terms

• allotriomorphic