English Explanatory Dictionary

xenocryst

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An isolated crystal having a different origin than the igneous rock in which it is found; the mineralogical equivalent of a xenolith.

Word forms

xenocryst xenocrysts xenocrystal

Etymology

xeno- + -cryst

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