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Poikilitic texture

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in the same manner. In these cases no crystallographic relation exists between the two minerals (enclosing and enclosed).
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In some rocks there seems to be little tendency for the minerals to envelop one another. This is true of many
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crystals ('chadacrysts') of other minerals. A poikilitic texture is most easily observed in
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where large later-formed less perfect crystals ('oikocrysts') surround smaller early-formed
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frequently enclose feldspar ophitically; less commonly iron oxides and sphene do so. In
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augite
plagioclase
igneous rocks
idiomorphic
petrographic
thin sections
gabbros
aplites
granites
diabases
augite
plagioclase
Biotite
hornblende
peridotites
pyroxene
olivine
List of rock textures
Poikiloblast



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Chisholm, Hugh
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