porphyroblastic

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porphyroblastic [pȯr¦fir·ə¦blas·tik]

(petrology)

Pertaining to the texture of recrystallized metamorphic rock having large idioblasts of minerals possessing high form energy in a finer-grained crystalloblastic matrix.

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