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- noun Plural form of
macrocryst .
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Both phases contain olivine, picroilmenite, pyrope garnet and chrome diopside macrocrysts.
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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.
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