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[[Metamorphic rock]] [[texture]] with relatively large [[crystal]]s set into [[rock]] [[matrix]], i.e. [[garnet]]s in [[schist]].
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A '''porphyroblastic''' texture occurs in [[metamorphic rock]]s where relatively large [[crystal]]s are set into a finer [[rock]] [[matrix]], i.e. [[garnet]]s in [[schist]].
  
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Pellant, p. 251
 
  
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=Sources=
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==Sources==
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*Pellant, Chris. ''The Complete Book of Rocks and Minerals'', Dorling Kindersley Inc.: New York (1995)
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*Pellant, Chris. ''The Complete Book of Rocks and Minerals'', Dorling Kindersley Inc.: New York (1995), ''p. 251''
  
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Latest revision as of 17:43, July 13, 2016

A porphyroblastic texture occurs in metamorphic rocks where relatively large crystals are set into a finer rock matrix, i.e. garnets in schist.


Sources

  • Pellant, Chris. The Complete Book of Rocks and Minerals, Dorling Kindersley Inc.: New York (1995), p. 251