poikiloblastic

[ poi-kil-uh-blas-tik, poi-kuh-luh- ]

adjectivePetrography.
  1. (of metamorphic rocks) having small grains of one mineral embedded in metacrysts of another mineral.

Origin of poikiloblastic

1
1915–20; <Greek poikiló(s) various + -blastic

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