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AH020387 Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Crystalline

Can something which is merely shiny and not transparent be called 'crystalline'?
  

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No (except in poetry maybe) If something consists of crystals (or at least looks like crystals) then you can call it crysatalline regardless of its being transparent or not.

  • No (except in poetry maybe) If something consists of crystals (or at least looks like crystals) then you can call it crysatalline regardless of its being transparent or not.
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No (except in poetry maybe)

If something consists of crystals (or at least looks like crystals) then you can call it crysatalline regardless of its being transparent or not.

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