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poikilitic

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poi⋅ki⋅lit⋅ic

  [poi-kuh-lit-ik]
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–adjective Petrography.
(of igneous rocks) having small crystals of one mineral scattered irregularly in larger crystals of another mineral.
Origin:
1830–40; < Gk poikíl(os) various + -ite 1 + -ic
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