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saccharoidal

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saccharoidal [¦sak·ə¦rȯid·əl]
(petrology)
The texture of a rock that is crystalline or granular. Also known as sucrosic; sugary.


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This marble typically has a granoblastic saccharoidal texture due to metamorphic recrystallization of limestone.
BAKOUDOU VILLAGE --------------------------------------------------------------------- Sample Comments Grade number g/t Au --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- BGG - 200 Grey to white saccharoidal Qz, very altered 2.
Within the extensively silicified area of disseminated precious metal mineralization, bonanza-grade free gold occurs as pockets, void fillings and disseminations within saccharoidal quartz stockwork-veining and tectonic fault zones.
 
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