poikilophitic

poikilophitic

[pȯi¦kil·ə¦fid·ik]
(geology)
Referring to ophitic texture characterized by lath-shaped feldspar crystals completely included in large, anhedral pyroxene crystals.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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2) and often retain the textures of magmatic rocks, - poikilophitic, intersertal, for globular lavas, - hyalopilitic (Petrov, 1999).
PETROPHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF THE PECHENGA ROCKS OF DIFFERENT METAMORPHIC FACIES
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