idiom-orphic

adjective

Also, euhedral. (in a rock) noting or pertaining to a mineral constituent having its own characteristic outward crystalline form unaltered by the other constituents of the rock; automorphic.

having its own characteristic form.

Origin:
1885–90; < Greek idiómorph(os) having an individual form (see idio-, -morphous) + -ic

Related forms

id·i·o·mor·phi·cal·ly, adverb

id·i·o·mor·phism, noun

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idiomorphic (ˌɪdɪəʊˈmɔːfɪk)

—*adj*
	(of minerals) occurring naturally in the form of well-developed crystals

idio'morphically

—*adv*

idio'morphism

—n

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