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phenocrysts

phenocrysts is the plural of phenocryst.

Meaning of phenocryst

Noun

phenocryst (plural phenocrysts)

  1. Any relatively large crystal embedded in a more fine-grained or glassy igneous rock
    • Some of the feldspar phenocrysts are more than 1 cm long, but most are less than 5 mm.1965, Gordon A Macdonald and Takashi Katsura, Eruption of Lassen Peak, Cascade Range, California, in 1915: Example of Mixed Magmas, Geological Society of America Bulletin 76 (5), pages 475
    Synonyms:
    phenocrystal

Questions about phenocrysts

What is phenocrysts the plural of?
Phenocrysts is the plural of phenocryst.

Words near phenocrysts in the dictionary

  1. phenocritical
  2. phenocryst
  3. phenocrystal
  4. phenocrystals
  5. phenocrystic
  6. phenocrysts
  7. phenodeviance
  8. phenodeviant
  9. phenodeviants
  10. phenodominant
  11. phenodominantly

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