aphantic
Of a rock sample: compact, crystalline and too fine-grained in texture for its constituents to be identifiable.
Adjective
- Of a rock sample: compact, crystalline and too fine-grained in texture for its constituents to be identifiable.
Origin
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- Ancient Greek φάς (phás) Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English aphantic From a- + Ancient Greek φάς (phás, “speaking”) + English -ic.