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xenolith
(redirected from xenolithic)

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xen·o·lith  (zn-lth, zn-)
n.
A rock fragment foreign to the igneous mass in which it occurs.
xenolith  (zn-lth, zn-)
A rock fragment foreign to the igneous mass in which it occurs. Xenoliths usually become incorporated into a cooling magma body when pieces of the rock into which the magma was injected break off and fall into it. Compare xenocryst.
xenolith
a fragment of rock embedded in another kind of rock.
See also: Geology
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Noun1.xenolithxenolith - (geology) a piece of rock of different origin from the igneous rock in which it is embedded
geology - a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks
rock, stone - a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter; "he threw a rock at me"


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