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idiomorphic, a. Min.|ɪdɪəʊˈmɔːfɪk|
[f. idio- + Gr. µορϕή form + -ic.]
Having its own characteristic form; spec. having its characteristic crystallographic faces: said of one of the constituent minerals of a rock. Hence idioˈmorphically adv.
1887Geol. Mag. Mar. 123 The normal plutonic rocks are characterized by a structure in which idiomorphic constituents occur only in small proportion. 1888W. S. Bayley in Amer. Naturalist Mar. 208 An idiomorphic mineral is one whose form is determined by the crystallizing forces acting within itself. An idiomorphic mineral is bounded by crystal planes. Ibid. 209 When..all of the constituents are idiomorphically developed, the rock is panidiomorphic. |