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from The Century Dictionary.
- In petrography, noting the structure of some lavas in which microscopic prisms are crowded in a glass matrix.
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- adjective A textural term used in
petrographic classification ofvolcanic rocks, referring to a volcanic rockgroundmass , which is visible only under magnification with a petrographicmicroscope , that contains a mixture of very fine-grainedmineral crystals either mixed with natural volcanic glass, or surrounded by thin bands of volcanic glass.
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