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glomeroporphyritic

glomeroporphyritic adjective: describing porphyritic igneous rock in which phenocrysts are clustered in irregular groups.

Adjective

glomeroporphyritic (not comparable)

  1. Describing porphyritic igneous rock in which phenocrysts are clustered in irregular groups.
    • Often, glomeroporphyritic joints of plagioclase or pyroxenes with titanmagnetites are found.2012, Francesco Stoppa, Updates in Volcanology, page 106
    Synonyms:
    cumulophyric

Synonyms of glomeroporphyritic

Questions about glomeroporphyritic

What does glomeroporphyritic mean?
Glomeroporphyritic means describing porphyritic igneous rock in which phenocrysts are clustered in irregular groups.
What part of speech is glomeroporphyritic?
Glomeroporphyritic is an adjective.

Words near glomeroporphyritic in the dictionary

  1. glomeromycete
  2. glomeromycetes
  3. glomeromycetous
  4. glomeromycotan
  5. glomeromycotean
  6. glomeroporphyritic
  7. glomerous
  8. glomerul-
  9. glomerular
  10. glomerular capsule
  11. glomerular capsules

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