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porphyroclast

porphyroclast noun: a clast or mineral fragment in a metamorphic rock, surrounded by a groundmass of finer-grained crystals.

Noun

porphyroclast (plural porphyroclasts)

  1. A clast or mineral fragment in a metamorphic rock, surrounded by a groundmass of finer-grained crystals.

Forms of porphyroclast

pluralporphyroclasts

Questions about porphyroclast

What does porphyroclast mean?
Porphyroclast means a clast or mineral fragment in a metamorphic rock, surrounded by a groundmass of finer-grained crystals.
What part of speech is porphyroclast?
Porphyroclast is a noun.
What is the plural of porphyroclast?
The plural of porphyroclast is porphyroclasts.

Words near porphyroclast in the dictionary

  1. porphyrizes
  2. porphyrizing
  3. porphyroblast
  4. porphyroblastic
  5. porphyroblasts
  6. porphyroclast
  7. porphyroclastic
  8. porphyrogene
  9. porphyrogenite
  10. porphyrogenites
  11. porphyrogeniti

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