conchoidal
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adjective
- Of or pertaining to a conchoid; that may be defined as a conchoid.
- (of a fracture) Irregular, with planar, concentric curves, similar to those on a mussel shell.
- (of a mineral) That fractures with planar concentric curves (e.g., as flint, chert or obsidian).
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fracturebrittlesubconchoidalconoidalorthoconichamiformconchiticconicoidgyroconicconiformconosphericalobconicalpolyconicconicosubulatespheroconicspheroconical