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hyalopilitic

hyalopilitic adjective: a textural term used in petrographic classification of volcanic rocks, referring to a volcanic rock groundmass, which is visible only under magnification with a petrographic microscope, that contains a mixture of very fine-grained mineral crystals either mixed with natural volcanic glass, or surrounded by thin bands of volcanic glass.

Adjective

hyalopilitic (not comparable)

  1. A textural term used in petrographic classification of volcanic rocks, referring to a volcanic rock groundmass, which is visible only under magnification with a petrographic microscope, that contains a mixture of very fine-grained mineral crystals either mixed with natural volcanic glass, or surrounded by thin bands of volcanic glass.

Questions about hyalopilitic

What does hyalopilitic mean?
Hyalopilitic means a textural term used in petrographic classification of volcanic rocks, referring to a volcanic rock groundmass, which is visible only under magnification with a petrographic microscope, that contains a mixture of very fine-grained mineral crystals either mixed with natural volcanic glass, or surrounded by thin bands of volcanic glass.
What part of speech is hyalopilitic?
Hyalopilitic is an adjective.

Words near hyalopilitic in the dictionary

  1. hyalomylonites
  2. hyalophagia
  3. hyalophagy
  4. hyalophane
  5. hyalophanes
  6. hyalopilitic
  7. hyaloplasm
  8. hyaloplasmatic
  9. hyaloplasms
  10. hyaloscyphaceous
  11. hyaloserositis

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