crystalline
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Over time, erosion along this immense rocky boundary removed huge amounts of material, eventually exposing ancient crystalline basement rocks that can now be seen in the Grand Canyon in southern Arizona.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026
Their measurements produced signals suggesting that diamond might pass through another crystalline structure before melting completely into liquid carbon.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026
The unshowy dedication to craft is a marvel, and so is much else in this crystalline little film.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
I considered whipping the miso into cold butter, making a compound butter to scrape over oven-hot sourdough before adding tomato slices and crystalline hunks of salt.
From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2026
Angela found the se- quined spectacles, wiped off the wet, crystalline mess, and placed them on her partner's nose.
From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin
Vocabulary lists containing crystalline
Earth Science - Middle School
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Structure and Properties of Matter - Middle School
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Rocks and Minerals - Introductory
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