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Record 1 2013-03-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
DEF

A crystal foreign to the rock in which it is found.

CONT

Large crystals can be enclosed in a fine groundmass by other mechanisms, e.g., ash particles that happen to be single crystals can fall into a lava as it flows. When the large crystals and the groundmass come from separate sources, the former are called xenocrysts.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
DEF

Cristal étranger à la roche dans laquelle il se trouve.

CONT

[Les] grands cristaux peuvent être inclus dans une pâte fine par d'autres moyens : par exemple, cendres qui, faites d'un cristal unique, peuvent tomber dans une coulée. Quand grands cristaux et pâte ont une origine indépendante, les premiers sont appelés xénocristaux.

OBS

Il s'agit en général de cristaux qui ont été arrachés par le magma ascendant aux formations qu'il traverse.

Spanish

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