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- noun Plural form of
xenocryst .
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The deep interior of the North American craton is known only from so-called xenoliths - rock inclusions in igneous rock - or xenocrysts such as diamonds that have been delivered to the surface from deep below by volcanoes.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Their interpretation fits with studies of xenoliths and xenocrysts, which indicate that there are two chemically distinct layers within the
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Their interpretation fits with studies of xenoliths and xenocrysts, which indicate that there are two chemically distinct layers within the
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The deep interior of the North American craton is known only from so-called xenoliths - rock inclusions in igneous rock - or xenocrysts such as diamonds that have been delivered to the surface from deep below by volcanoes.
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(U-Th)/He analyses suggest that the zircons as well as their host basalts erupted between 29 and 24 million years ago, but fragments from the same xenocrysts reveal U-Pb ages between 51 and 83 million years.
Naturejobs - All Jobs Wolfgang Siebel 2009
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These sources include the active magma of the eruption in question phenocrysts), crystals from previous magmatism at the volcano (antecrysts) and wholly unrelated crystals (xenocrysts
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