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botryoidal
Having the form of a bunch of grapes. Said of minerals, e.g., hematite with a surface of spherical shapes; also said of a crystalline aggregate in which the spherical shapes are composed of radiating crystals. Compare: colloform; colloid minerals; reniform.
- Kalbos dalis: noun
- Pramonės šaka / sritis: Mining
- Category: General mining; Mineral mining
- Government Agency: USBM
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