xenocryst

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Term: xenocryst
Definition:

A xenocryst is an individual foreign crystal included within an igneous body. Examples of xenocrysts are quartz crystals in a silica-deficient lava and diamonds within kimberlite diatremes. [Wikipedia]

Created 2023.04.16
Last Modified 2023.04.16
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