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ep⋅i⋅tax⋅y

[ep-i-tak-see]
–noun, plural -tax⋅ies. Crystallography.
epitaxis.
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ep·i·tax·y   (ěp'ĭ-tāk'sē)   
n.   pl. ep·i·tax·ies
The growth of the crystals of one mineral on the crystal face of another mineral, such that the crystalline substrates of both minerals have the same structural orientation.
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