- A
phenocryst is an
early forming,
relatively large and
usually con****uous
crystal distinctly larger than the
grains of the rock groundm**** of an igneous...
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layers of materials.
Porphyritic texture is one in
which larger pieces (
phenocrysts) are
embedded in a
background m**** made of much
finer grains. Fragmental...
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crystals (
phenocrysts)
formed prior to the
extrusion that
brought the
magma to the surface,
embedded in a finer-grained matrix.
These phenocrysts usually...
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crystals (
phenocrysts) of
plagioclase formed prior to the
extrusion that
brought the
magma to the surface,
embedded in a finer-grained matrix.
Phenocrysts of...
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partially resorbed phenocrysts or an
accessory phase in
basalts generated at depth.
Phlogopite mica is a
commonly known phenocryst and groundm**** phase...
- gl**** in texture. They
often contain clasts of
other rocks and
phenocrysts.
Phenocrysts are
crystals that are
larger than the
matrix and are identifiable...
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difference in the size of
mineral crystals, with the
larger crystals known as
phenocrysts. Both
extrusive and
intrusive rocks can be porphyritic,
meaning all types...
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common in
American usage,
while amygdale is more
common in
British usage.
Phenocryst –
Crystal larger than the rock
grains that
surround it in an
igneous rock...
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during eruption. Any
larger crystals visible to the
human eye,
called phenocrysts, form
earlier while slowly cooling in the
magma reservoir. When igneous...
- may
contain phenocrysts of
mafic minerals,
usually hornblende,
pyroxene or a
feldspar mineral, and may need to be
named after their phenocryst mineral, such...
