Dictionary of Gems and Gemology

2009 Edition
| Editors: Mohsen Manutchehr-Danai

crystalline

Reference work entry
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-72816-0_5537

pertaining to or having the nature of a crystal without definite geometrical external form. Not glassy or not amorphous.

Copyright information

© Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York 2009