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xenoblast

Terms vs Xenoblast - What's the difference?

terms | xenoblast |


As nouns the difference between terms and xenoblast

is that terms is while xenoblast is a crystal forming in a metamorphic rock that has not developed its characteristic crystalline faces and which gets its shape from bordering crystals.

Xenoblast vs Poikiloblastic - What's the difference?

xenoblast | poikiloblastic |


As a noun xenoblast

is a crystal forming in a metamorphic rock that has not developed its characteristic crystalline faces and which gets its shape from bordering crystals.

As an adjective poikiloblastic is

(geology) describing the texture of a metamorphic rock that has small idioblasts of one constituent lying within larger xenoblasts.

Xenocryst vs Xenoblast - What's the difference?

xenocryst | xenoblast | Related terms |

Xenoblast is a related term of xenocryst.



As nouns the difference between xenocryst and xenoblast

is that xenocryst is a crystal that does not occur in a specific igneous rock while xenoblast is a crystal forming in a metamorphic rock that has not developed its characteristic crystalline faces and which gets its shape from bordering crystals.

Face vs Xenoblast - What's the difference?

face | xenoblast |


As a verb face

is .

As a noun xenoblast is

a crystal forming in a metamorphic rock that has not developed its characteristic crystalline faces and which gets its shape from bordering crystals.

Metamorphic vs Xenoblast - What's the difference?

metamorphic | xenoblast |


As nouns the difference between metamorphic and xenoblast

is that metamorphic is a rock that has been changed from its original form by subjection to heat and/or pressure while xenoblast is a crystal forming in a metamorphic rock that has not developed its characteristic crystalline faces and which gets its shape from bordering crystals.

As an adjective metamorphic

is having been structurally altered as a result of, or resulting from, exposure to intense heat and/or pressure (at the contact zone between colliding plates, for example).

Crystal vs Xenoblast - What's the difference?

crystal | xenoblast |


As nouns the difference between crystal and xenoblast

is that crystal is a solid composed of an array of atoms or molecules possessing long-range order and arranged in a pattern which is periodic in three dimensions while xenoblast is a crystal forming in a metamorphic rock that has not developed its characteristic crystalline faces and which gets its shape from bordering crystals.

As an adjective crystal

is very clear.

As a proper noun Crystal

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