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rocks may have undergone since their original deposition; -- especially applied to the recrystallization which sedimentary rocks have undergone through the influence of heat and pressure, after which they are called metamorphic rocks.

of chrysolite to serpentine; -- opposed to ordinary metamorphism, as implying simply a recrystallization. -- Met`a*so*mat"ic, a.

Having one oblique intersection; -- said of that system of crystallization in which the vertical axis is inclined to one, but at right angles to the other, lateral axis. See Crystallization.

rom a saturated solution in octahedral crystals, which contain five molecules of water of crystallization; distinguished from common or prismatic borax. -- Octahedral iron ore (Min.), magnetite.

al fats (esp. beef fat) by separating the greater portion of the solid fat or stearin, by crystallization. It is mainly a mixture of olein and palmitin with some little stearin.

Noting the system of crystallization which has three unequal axes at right angles to each other; trimetric. See Crystallization.

Pseudomorphous crystal, one which has a form that does not result from its own powers of crystallization.

n of meat, etc. It is found native in the earth, and is also produced, by evaporation and crystallization, from sea water and other water impregnated with saline particles.

m tungstate, a mineral of a white or pale yellowish color and of the tetragonal system of crystallization.

mass, and collect together about centers or along lines of fracture, as in the process of crystallization or solidification.

Designating, or belonging to, a certain system of crystallization; dimetric. See Tetragonal system, under Crystallization.

r characterized by, three unequal axes intersecting at oblique angles. See the Note under crystallization.

d by Sir William Crookes in 1898. Its nitrate is obtained byy practical decomposition and crystallization of yttrium nitrate. At. wt., about 117.