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A kind of crystallite resembling a bunch of hairs, common in obsidian. See Illust. of Crystallite.

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  1. n. A kind of crystallite resembling a bunch of hairs, common in obsidian. See Illust. of Crystallite.
  2. n. A delicate, hairlike siliceous spicule, found in certain sponges.
  3. 1. (Min.) A kind of crystallite resembling a bunch of hairs, common in obsidian. See Illust. of Crystallite. 2. (Zoöl.) A delicate, hairlike siliceous spicule, found in certain sponges. Trichite sheaf (Zoöl.), one of the small sheaflike fascicles of slender setæ characteristic of certain sponges. See Illust. under Spicule.
  4. A kind of crystallite resembling a bunch of hairs, common inobsidian. See Illust. of Crystallite.
  5. n. A kind of crystallite resembling a bunch of hairs, common in obsidian. See Illust. of Crystallite. n. A delicate, hairlike siliceous spicule, found in certain sponges.