Relating to, composed of, or containing crystallites; having the characteristics of many small crystals bonded together.
From crystallite + -ic (adjective suffix). Emerged in metallurgy and materials science to describe polycrystalline structures and their properties.
Volcanic glass looks completely smooth and shiny, but under a microscope it's actually crystallitic—packed with microscopic crystals that will eventually grow larger over thousands of years.
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