poikilophitic
poikilophitic
[pȯi¦kil·ə¦fid·ik] (geology)
Referring to ophitic texture characterized by lath-shaped feldspar crystals completely included in large, anhedral pyroxene crystals.
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2) and often retain the textures of magmatic rocks, -
poikilophitic, intersertal, for globular lavas, - hyalopilitic (Petrov, 1999).
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