Trichites

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Crystallite \Crys"tal*lite\ (kr?s"tal-l?t), n. [See {Crystal}.]
     (Min.)
     A minute mineral form like those common in glassy volcanic
     rocks and some slags, not having a definite crystalline
     outline and not referable to any mineral species, but marking
     the first step in the crystallization process. According to


     their form crystallites are called {trichites}, {belonites},
     {globulites}, etc.
     [1913 Webster]