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var⋅i⋅o⋅lite

  [vair-ee-uh-lahyt var-]
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–noun Petrology.
a rock embedded with varioles; a variolitic rock.
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var·i·o·lite   (vâr'ē-ə-līt', vār'-)   
n.  A basic rock whose pockmarked appearance is caused by the presence of numerous white, rounded, embedded spherules.
var'i·o·lit'ic (-lĭt'ĭk) adj.
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