Crystallogenesis. World English Historical Dictionary

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[f. CRYSTALLO- + Gr. γένεσις birth, origination.] The origination or natural formation of crystals (as a department of scientific investigation). So Crystallogenic a. [see -GEN, -GENIC], crystal-forming, producing crystallization. Crystallogenical a., relating to the formation of crystals. Crystallogeny, the production or formation of crystals (scientifically considered).

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1879.  Rutley, Stud. Rocks, x. 161. A key to the important subject of crystallogenesis.

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1837.  Dana, Min. (1844), 71. What is this crystallogenic attraction? Ibid., 71. Crystallogeny or the formation of crystals may be treated under two heads.

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1881.  Nature, XXIII. 398. Between these two kinds of crystallogenic action there are many gradations.

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