transformation twinning
transformation twinning A type of crystal twinning caused by a change in the structure of a crystal under different conditions of temperature and pressure (polymorphism), e.g. the cristobalite–tridymite–quartz series, where the high-temperature form is hexagonal and the low-temperature form is trigonal.
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