pilotaxitic
pilotaxitic
[¦pī·lō·tak′sid·ik] (geology)
Pertaining to the texture of the groundmass of a holocrystalline igneous rock in which lath-shaped microlites (usually of plagioclase) are arranged in a glass-free felty mesh, often aligned along the flow lines.
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