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Specialty Expressions: FALSE EQUILIBRIUM

ExpressionsDomainDefinition
False equilibriumMiningThe growth of a metastable or monotropic phase under conditions apparently indicating true equilibrium, as in the development of andalusite crystals in which sillimanite actually represents the stable phase. (references)

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