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columnar structure

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columnar structure [kə′ləm·nər ‚strək·chər]
(geology)
(mineralogy)
Mineral structure consisting of parallel columns of slender prismatic crystals.
(petrology)
A primary sedimentary structure consisting of columns arranged perpendicular to the bedding.


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360) has compared the fissures by which the columnar structure seems to be determined, to the joints that traverse nearly all rocks, but which are best seen in the non-stratified masses.
 
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