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variolitic

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variolitic [¦ver·ē·ə¦lid·ik]
(petrology)
Referring to the texture of basic igneous rock composed of varioles in a finer-grained matrix.


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The mineralization marks the contact of overlying andesites and underlying felsic volcanic rocks which include sections of chert and brecciated and variolitic flows.
The presence of a distinctive variolitic flow which is the primary host of gold mineralization at the Holloway Mine is present on the Stoughton Gold property.
9 ft) wide altered magnetic and variolitic basalt unit.
 
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