Glomeroporphyritic

Glomeroporphyritic

In geology, the term glomeroporphyritic (also cumulophyritic) refers to the grouping of the same type of phenocrysts into distinct clusters within porphyritic igneous rocks. The suspended phenocryst clusters are adhered by surface tension. [http://www.maden.hacettepe.edu.tr/dmmrt/dmmrt297.html#d6218]

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