crystalline
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At the higher parts of the area, the rover encountered coarse, crystalline rock rich in olivine.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026
The exhibition’s 11 sections unfold not chronologically, but more in the manner of evolution on earth, moving from simple and crystalline to complex and fleshed out.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
His team observed room-temperature phonon focusing in boron arsenide, a crystalline semiconductor known for its high thermal conductivity.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 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
Still Ralph heard every word of every speech as though it were the crystalline note of an ice chime.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
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Earth Science - Middle School
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