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What is nucleation in mineralogy ?
Nucleation : definition
Nucleation is a phenomenon which allows the appearance of the first seed crystals or nuclei (groups of atoms or ions with an ordered structure corresponding to the
unit cell
), from which the
crystals
will grow.
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