tessularadj.
/ˈtɛsjʊlə/ Crystallography.
= tesseral adj. 2.
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tessular1794
tesseral1854
isometrical1855
isometric1868
1794 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) I. 139 In nodules, or in half rounded masses, or tessular.
1805 R. Jameson Treat. External Characters Minerals 52 Aggregated crystals,..many together but merely simply aggregated; and..on one another;..[this] occurs principally in tessular crystals, as in lead glance, and calcspar.
1854 Pereira's Pol. Light 165 The equiaxed crystals constitute one system, called the cubic, octohedral or tessular system.
1869 J. Phillips Vesuvius x. 294 The crystallization is on the tessular pattern.
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