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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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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