Definition of Botryoidal. Meaning of Botryoidal. Synonyms of Botryoidal

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Definition of Botryoidal

Botryoidal
Botryoid Bot"ry*oid, Botryoidal Bot`ry*oid"al, a. [Gr. ? cluster of grapes + -oid.] Having the form of a bunch of grapes; like a cluster of grapes, as a mineral presenting an aggregation of small spherical or spheroidal prominences.

Meaning of Botryoidal from wikipedia

- A botryoidal (/ˌbɒtriˈɔɪdəl/ BOT-ree-OY-dəl) texture or mineral habit, is one in which the mineral has an external form composed of many rounded segments...
- quartz crystals with botryoidal (spherical) habit. Mineralogically speaking, grape agate is not an agate and is actually botryoidal purple chalcedony. It...
- Botryoidal Spring is a fountain-type geyser in the Lower Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park in the United States. Botryoidal Spring is part of...
- rarely is found in well formed crystals. The typical habit is as earthy botryoidal m****es. It has a Mohs hardness of 4.5 and a specific gravity of 4.4 to...
- calcite Bipyramidal calcite Druse calcite Twinned calcite Globular calcite Botryoidal calcite Calcite is transparent to opaque and may occasionally show phosp****scence...
- mineral crystallizes in the monoclinic crystal system, and most often forms botryoidal, fibrous, or stalagmitic m****es, in fractures and deep, underground spaces...
- typical twin is bent at a near-60-degree angle, forming an "elbow twin". Botryoidal or reniform c****iterite is called wood tin. C****iterite is also used as...
- tuff. It is a globular, botryoidal, or stalactic concretionary form of opal. The mineraloid has a pearly lustre and forms botryoidal m****es. Named after Santa...
- much more brittle. The term kidney ore may be broadly used to describe botryoidal, mammillary, or reniform hematite. Maghemite is a polymorph of hematite...
- that is often found as crusts or layers around hot springs and geysers. Botryoidal geyserite is known as fiorite. Geyserite is porous due to the silica enclosing...