Definition of "xenolith" noun: (geology) a piece of rock of different origin from the igneous rock in which it is embedded

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	WikiPedia definition of "xenolith" A xenolith (Greek: '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 ... (More) Ein Xenolith (von griechisch ξένος, xénos „fremd“ und λίθος, líthos, „Stein“; deutsch Fremdgestein) ist ein Einschluss (Inklusion) älteren Nebengesteins ... (More) The analysis of atmospheric gas bubbles as inclusions in ice cores is an important tool in the study of climate change. Contrast with xenolith. (More) The xenolith is dominated by green peridot olivine, together with black orthopyroxene and spinel crystals, and rare grass-green diopside grains. (More) Eclogite is associated with peridotite in some xenolith occurrences; it also occurs with peridotite in rocks metamorphosed at high pressures during processes related to subduction. (More) There are mafic xenolith intrusions in the granite in some areas. The Granitic Seychelles are fragments of the ancient supercontinent of Gondwana, and have been separated from other ... (More) Petrology is the science of rocks: their mineralogy, textures, chemistry ... Ultrapotassic igneous rocks; Underplating; V. Ventifact; Vesicular texture; Volcanic rock; Vug; X. Xenolith ... (More) En Xenolith oder Frömdsteen (gr.: ξένος, xénos „frömd“ un λίθος, líthos, „Steen“) is in de Geologie un Mineralogie de Utdruck för en öllern Nevensteen, de ... (More) In 1994, DT again entered the studio with George Harris to record what would be the their swan song and first and only CD, "Xenolith." Foregoing earlier funk and pop inclinations ... (More) F = stratovolcano; processes: 1 = newer intrusion cutting through older one; 2 = xenolith or roof pendant; 3 = contact metamorphism; 4 = uplift due to laccolith emplacement. (More)

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