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Xenolith logo #10101) Certain rock fragment 2) Rock 3) Stone
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Xenolith logo #10101) Inclusion
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Xenolith logo #21000 A xenolith (foreign rock) is a rock fragment which becomes enveloped in a larger rock during the latter`s development and hardening. In geology, the term xenolith is almost exclusively used to describe inclusions in igneous rock during magma emplacement and eruption. Xenoliths may be engulfed along the margins of a magma chamber, torn loose from ....
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xenolith logo #22641fragment of extraneous rock embedded in magma or another rock
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xenolith logo #21003rock fragment within an intrusive igneous body that is unrelated to the igneous body itself. Xenoliths, which represent pieces of older rock ... [2 related articles]
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Xenolith logo #20206A foreign inclusion in an igneous rock.
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Xenolith logo #22392A preexisting rock that has been incorporated into magma without melting. When the magma crystallize
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xenolith logo #21410a rock fragment that is foreign to the mass in which it is embedded
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xenolith logo #23000 A piece of rock having a different origin from the igneous rock in which it is found.
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xenolith logo #20400[n] - (geology) a piece of rock of different origin from the igneous rock in which it is embedded
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xenolith logo #20974 noun (geology) a piece of rock of different origin from the igneous rock in which it is embedded
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xenolith logo #22327see inclusion
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Xenolith logo #22734A fragment of country rock enclosed in an intrusive rock.
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