Cryp′to‐crys″tal‐line (–kr?s″tal–l?n), a. [Gr. κρυπτόσ hidden + E. crystalline.] (Geol.) Indistinctly crystalline; — applied to rocks and minerals, whose state of aggregation is so fine that no distinct particles are visible, even under the microscope.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.