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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
lithophysa .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Min.) A spherulitic cavity often with concentric chambers, observed in some volcanic rocks, as in rhyolitic lavas. It is supposed to be produced by expanding gas, whence the name.
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- noun mineralogy A
spherulitic cavity , often withconcentric chambers , observed in somevolcanic rocks , such asrhyolitic lavas .
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