phenocryst (Crossword)
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Definitions of “phenocryst”
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• A phenocryst is one of the prominent embedded crystals of a porphyry
• Any relatively large, conspicuous crystal in a porphyritic igneous rock
• Large crystal surrounded by much smaller crystals in porphyritic igneous rock
• In igneous rocks, the relatively large and conspicuous crystals in a finer-grained matrix or ground mass
• Phenocryst A relatively large, prominent crystal embedded in a finer-grained matrix or groundmass of igneous rock
• Relatively large, conspicuous crystals surrounded by a finer grained matrix (groundmass) in igneous rocks called porphyries
• A phenocryst is a relatively large and usually conspicuous crystal distinctly larger than the grains of the rock groundmass of an igneous rock
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