In petrology, spherulites (/ˈsfɛrʊlaɪts, sfɪər-/) are small, rounded bodies that commonly occur in vitreous igneous rocks. They are often visible in specimens...

In polymer physics, spherulites (from Greek sphaira = ball and lithos = stone) are spherical semicrystalline regions inside non-branched linear polymers...

"The Experimental Identification of Nixtamalized Maize though Starch Spherulites" (PDF). Journal of Archaeological Science. 113: 1. doi:10.1016/j.jas...

than forming one large single crystal, this material has a number of spherulites (crystallized areas) each containing many small crystallites (grains)...

than called tie molecules). Several lamellae form a superstructure, a spherulite, often with a diameter in the range of 0.05 to 1 mm. The type and arrangement...

stones, the inclusion of small, white, radially clustered crystals (spherulites) of the mineral cristobalite in the black glass produce a blotchy or...

spheres are oxygen atoms. Cristobalite occurs as white octahedra or spherulites in acidic volcanic rocks and in converted diatomaceous deposits in the...

regions called lamellae, which compose larger spheroidal structures named spherulites. Polymers can crystallize upon cooling from melting, mechanical stretching...

act like particle composites with randomly dispersed crystals known as spherulites. However they can also be engineered to be anisotropic and act more like...

spherulites. Ring-banded spherulites most notably form when crystallization is carried out between 27 °C and 34 °C whereas Maltese-cross spherulites form...

A common feature of glassy rocks is the presence of rounded bodies (spherulites), consisting of fine divergent fibres radiating from a center; they consist...

R.H (1984). "On the lamellar morphology of isotactic polypropylene spherulites". Polymer. 25 (7): 935–46. doi:10.1016/0032-3861(84)90076-4. Bai, Feng;...

Althiburos (el Médéina, Kef Governorate, northern Tunisia): the phytolith and spherulite evidence". Journal of Archaeological Science. 38 (12): 3224–3233. Bibcode:2011JArSc...

accentuated by the presence of rows of spherulites that are visible as dark brown rounded spots. The spherulites have a distinct radiate structure and...

rock as an impact breccia requires recognising shatter cones, tektites, spherulites, and the morphology of an impact crater, as well as potentially recognizing...

High-temperature rock types, including laminated and welded blocks of sand, spherulites and tektites, or glassy spatters of molten rock. The impact origin of...

hypersphere, mesosphere, pseudosphere, sphere, spherics, spheroid, spherometer, spherulite, stratosphere, trimetasphere, troposphere sphing-, sphinct- strangle Greek...

Maltese crosses in an image of polyamide-6,6 spherulites...

supercooler felsic rocks. Often, two minerals will grow together in the spherulite. Axiolitic texture results from spherulitic growth along fractures in...

Initially, they were defined as spherical masses, which may or may not be spherulites, that are observed on the weathering surfaces of some basalts and diabases...

Tabular, prismatic to acicular crystals often as columnar aggregates, as spherulites and granular Twinning Penetration twins around {0001} Cleavage Distinct...

polarized optical microscopy (POM), the PLLA biocomposites had smaller spherulites compared to pure PLLA, indicating improved nucleation density and also...

submarine volcanic rocks such as rhyolitic glasses, notably formation of spherulites, of perlite, lithophysae, and low-temperature prehnite-pumpellyite facies...

Chiricahua National Monument Trees and hoodoos, Chiricahua National Monument Spherulites Road to Chiricahua National Monument Sunglow Ranch Cave Creek Canyon...

and trebuchets. Naturally formed stone balls, such as concretions and spherulites, have been at times misidentified as petrospheres. For example, fringe...

hypersphere, mesosphere, pseudosphere, sphere, spherics, spheroid, spherometer, spherulite, stratosphere, trimetasphere, troposphere sphing-, sphinct- strangle Greek...

rhyolite An aphanitic, buff to greyish flow-banded rock, often containing spherulites or phenocrysts of quartz and feldspar. rift roche moutonnée An elongated...

Silicification in Newfoundland Location Material Replaced Form of silica Manuels Spherulites of rhyolites Chalcedonic quartz Clarenville Groundmass of rocks Chalcedonic...

forming cholesteric liquid crystals with helical structure. It forms spherulite crystals. It is used in some hair colors, make-ups, and some other cosmetic...

g/mol Color Yellowish–green Crystal habit Tabular spearlike crystals in spherulites and botryoidal encrustations Fracture Uneven Mohs scale hardness 2–3...