[[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''