different between metamictization vs metamict

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metamictize +? -ation

metamictization (uncountable)

A natural process in which the radiation emitted by a mineral gradually destroys the mineral's crystal structure, leaving it amorphous.

metamict (not comparable)

(mineralogy, of a radioactive mineral) Having a disrupted crystal structure due to radiation damage; metamictic

metamict (plural metamicts)

(mineralogy) A mineral with a disrupted crystal structure due to radiation damage.

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