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What is a devitrification?

What is a devitrification? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. The formation of small crystals in a glass as a result of slow cooling from the molten state
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Loss of alkalies in volcanic glass by post-depositional alteration and devitrification has been well documented.
High-viscosity silica gel produced by the hydration and devitrification of volcanic ashes can eventually concentrate in any open space, such as the cast of a limb.
The presence of glass 4 billion years old on the Moon indicates that water is crucial to the rate of devitrification.
All melt inclusions and matrix glasses chosen were completely glassy, i.e. they had not undergone any devitrification and did not contain microlites or microphenocrysts.
We, also, attempted to illustrate the relationship between devitrification of the rigid amorphous fraction and crystallization kinetics.
These structures may be evidence of early nucleation and devitrification that preceded that in the surrounding host rhyolite.

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