- xenocrysts
- ALASKA VOLCANO OBSERVATORY GLOSSARY
A crystal that resembles a phenocryst in igneous rock, but is a foreign to the body of rock in which it occurs.
Glossary of volcanic terms. - University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. G. J. Hudak. 2001.
xenocrysts
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