Crystallite \Crys"tal*lite\ (kr?s"tal-l?t), n. [See Crystal.]
   (Min.)
   A minute mineral form like those common in glassy volcanic
   rocks and some slags, not having a definite crystalline
   outline and not referable to any mineral species, but marking
   the first step in the crystallization process. According to
   their form crystallites are called trichites, belonites,
   globulites, etc.
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	crystallite
    n 1: any of numerous minute rudimentary crystalline bodies of
         unknown composition found in glassy igneous rock