glomeroporphyritic

English

Etymology

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Adjective

glomeroporphyritic (not comparable)

1. (geology) Describing porphyritic igneous rock in which phenocrysts are clustered in irregular groups.
   • 2012, Francesco Stoppa, Updates in Volcanology, page 106:

     Often, glomeroporphyritic joints of plagioclase or pyroxenes with titanmagnetites are found.

Synonyms

• cumulophyric