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  • noun Plural form of macrocryst.

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  • Both phases contain olivine, picroilmenite, pyrope garnet and chrome diopside macrocrysts.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

  • The kimberlite in drillhole SMB-05 is described as ranging from a fine to coarse grained pyroclastic kimberlite with portions of the kimberlite containing visible coarse fragments of kimberlite and country rock along with olivine macrocrysts and occasional pyrope garnets and chrome diopsides.

    Marketwire - Breaking News Releases 2008

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