poikilotopic

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poikilotopic [pȯi¦kil·ə¦täp·ik]

(geology)

Referring to the fabric of a crystalline sedimentary rock in which the constituent crystals are multisized and larger crystals enclose smaller crystals of another mineral. Also known as poikilocrystallic.

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