Definition of Microlites. Meaning of Microlites. Synonyms of Microlites

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Definition of Microlites

Microlite
Microlite Mi"cro*lite, n. [Micro- + -lite.] (Min.) 1. A rare mineral of resinous luster and high specific gravity. It is a tantalate of calcium, and occurs in octahedral crystals usually very minute. 2. (Min.) A minute inclosed crystal, often observed when minerals or rocks are examined in thin sections under the microscope.

Meaning of Microlites from wikipedia

- Microlites are minute crystals in an amorphous matrix. In igneous petrology, the term microlitic is used to describe vitric (gl****y, non-crystalline, amorphous)...
- Microlite was once[when?] known as a pale-yellow, reddish-brown, or black isometric mineral composed of sodium calcium tantalum oxide with a small amount...
- abundance of lechatelierite a general lack of microscopic crystals known as microlites not having a chemical relationship to the local bedrock or local sediments...
- indented surfaces. Internally the pebbles sometimes contain fine bands or microlites and though in reflected light they appear black and opaque, they may be...
- other battery companies including VARTA, Ningbo Baowang, and Microlite S.A. The Microlite acquisition included the rights to the Rayovac name in Brazil...
- aircraft of unusual design, that was produced by Waspair and later Midwest Microlites. The designer is disputed and Chip Erwin, Larry Whiting and Robin Haynes...
- of world motorsports. Gardner also designed boats, electric bikes and microlites during his long career as a designer. He died in Lutterworth, aged 79...
- Meyerhofferite Miargyrite Mica (a group of silicate minerals) Microcline Microlite Miguelromeroite Millerite Millosevichite Mimetite Minium Minnesotaite...
- augite and olivine, but all these minerals very frequently occur mainly as microlites or as skeletal growths with sharply-pointed corners or ramifying processes...
- series consisting of tantalite-(Fe), tantalite-(Mn) and tantalite-(Mg)), microlite (now a group name), wodginite, euxenite (actually euxenite-(Y)), and polycrase...