porphyroblast
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por·phyr·o·blast
(pôr-fîr′ə-blăst′)n.
A large crystal that is surrounded by a fine-grained matrix in a metamorphic rock and forms from the recrystallization of existing mineral crystals during metamorphism.
[porphyr(y) + —blast.]
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