"macrocryst" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "macro- + cryst. First defined by Clement & Skinner in 1979 in their paper \"A textural genetic classification of kimberlite rocks\" published in Kimberlite Symposium IIhttp://books.google.com/books?id=QWjAHAAACAAJ.",
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          "ref": "2000 March 31, Bradley R. Hacker et al., “Hot and Dry Deep Crustal Xenoliths from Tibet”, in Science, volume 287, number 5462, →DOI, pages 2463–2466",
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        "A relatively large crystal occurring in a mineral deposit, usually defined as one between 0.5 mm and 10 mm in size."
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        "(mineralogy) A relatively large crystal occurring in a mineral deposit, usually defined as one between 0.5 mm and 10 mm in size."
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          "word": "megacryst"
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