(of minerals) not having their own regular shape (as determined by their internal structure) but being shaped instead by adjacent minerals
Examples of 'allotriomorphic' in a sentence
allotriomorphic
However, for this rotational speed allotriomorphic ferrite was also observed in the stir zone.
Cíntia Cristiane Petry Mazzaferro, Fabiano Dornelles Ramos, José Antônio Esmerio Mazzaferro,Tonilson de Souza Rosendo, Marco Antônio Durlo Tier, Antônio Mônaco da Silva, JorgeFernandez dos Santos, Afonso Reguly 2009, 'Avaliação microestrutural e propriedades mecânicas de um aço TRIP soldado a pontopor fricção e mistura mecânica Microstructural evaluation and mechanical propertiesof a friction stir spot welded TRIP 800 steel', Soldagem & Inspeçãohttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-92242009000400002. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)