crystallization by devitrification

См. также в других словарях:

• Devitrification — is the opposite of vitrification, i.e., the process of crystallization in a formerly crystal free (amorphous) glass.[1] The term is derived from the Latin vitreus, meaning glassy and transparent.[2] Devitrification in glass art Devitrification… …   Wikipedia

• glass — [1] A transparent, hard, amorphous, brittle substance which is made by fusing together one or more of the oxides of silicon, boron, or phosphorus, with certain basic oxides (e.g., sodium, magnesium, calcium, potassium), and cooling the product… …   Dictionary of automotive terms

• igneous rock — Any of various crystalline or glassy, noncrystalline rocks formed by the cooling and solidification of molten earth material (magma). Igneous rocks comprise one of the three principal classes of rocks, the others being metamorphic and sedimentary …   Universalium

• industrial glass — Introduction       solid material that is normally lustrous and transparent in appearance and that shows great durability under exposure to the natural elements. These three properties lustre, transparency, and durability make glass a favoured… …   Universalium

• Glass — This article is about the material. For other uses, see Glass (disambiguation). Moldavite, a natural glass formed by meteorite impact, from Besednice, Bohemia …   Wikipedia

• Micrographic texture — In petrology, micrographic texture is a fine grained intergrowth of quartz and alkali feldspar, interpreted as the last product of crystallization in some igneous rocks which contain high or moderately high percentages of silica. Micropegmatite… …   Wikipedia

• volcanic glass — a natural glass produced when molten lava cools very rapidly; obsidian. [1830 40] * * * Any glassy rock formed from lava or magma that has a chemical composition close to that of granite. Such molten material may reach very low temperatures… …   Universalium

• pitchstone — /pich stohn /, n. a glassy volcanic rock having a resinous luster and resembling hardened pitch. [1775 85; trans. of G Pechstein. See PITCH2, STONE] * * * ▪ natural glass       a volcanic glass with a conchoidal fracture (like glass), a resinous… …   Universalium

• silica mineral — Any of the forms of silicon dioxide (SiO2), including quartz, tridymite, cristobalite, coesite, stishovite, melanophlogite, lechatelierite, and chalcedony. Various kinds of silica minerals have been produced synthetically. * * * Introduction… …   Universalium

• lithophysae — GLOSSARY OF VOLCANIC TERMS Radial aggregates of fibrous crystals which have formed around an expanding vesicle in a melt which is capable of flowing (Cas and Wright, 1987, p. 84). Lithophysae are commonly the result of vapor phase crystallization …   Glossary of volcanic terms

• variolite — GLOSSARY OF VOLCANIC TERMS A spherulite like radiating aggregate composed of feathery, needle like crystals of plagioclase and pyroxene that occur in mafic volcanic rocks (typically basalt). Variolites may result from devitrification, but are… …   Glossary of volcanic terms