glomeroporphyritic

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glomeroporphyritic (not comparable)

  1. (geology) Describing porphyritic igneous rock in which phenocrysts are clustered in irregular groups.
    • 2012, Francesco Stoppa, Updates in Volcanology, page 106:
      Often, glomeroporphyritic joints of plagioclase or pyroxenes with titanmagnetites are found.

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