English Explanatory Dictionary

porphyroclast

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

porphyroclast porphyroclasts
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