Symplectic

{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-005824",
  "term": "Symplectic",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "Describing a type of intergrowth texture in minerals where two distinct mineral phases are intimately intergrown in a regular, often vermicular or lamellar, pattern. This texture forms during exsolution or replacement processes, where one mineral replaces another while maintaining a crystallographic relationship. Examples include myrmekite, a symplectic intergrowth of quartz and plagioclase feldspar.",
  "subject": "Mining and extraction",
  "translations": {
    "de": "symplektisch",
    "es": "simpléctico",
    "fr": "symplectique"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/symplectic/"
}