poikiloblastic

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poi⋅kil⋅o⋅blas⋅tic

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

–adjective Petrography.

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

Origin:
1915–20; < Gk poikiló(s) various + -blastic

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