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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- In petrography, having the characters of, containing, or relating to, phenocrysts.
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“Quartz in groundmass does not appear to have nucleated directly on phenocryst, but is in optical continuity with it. (f) Primary vapor-rich fluid inclusion in phenocrystic quartz.”
“Feldspar compositions in the groundmass are slightly more Or-rich than the phenocrystic feldspar, which ranges from An10Or15Ab75 to about An1Or44Ab55.”
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