Lexicographical Neighbors of Phenocrystic
Literary usage of Phenocrystic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Igneous Rocks and Their Origin by Reginald Aldworth Daly (1914)
"Throughout most of the period of phenocrystic development, that is, through a
fall of ... A quantitative study proves that the phenocrystic olivine, augite, ..."
2. The Differentiation of a Secondary Magma Trough Gravitative Adjustment by Reginald Aldworth Daly (1906)
"... all of the olivine, much of the phenocrystic augite, and much of the magnetite
of early generation has settled out of the upper part of the lava-column. ..."
3. First Report, 1908, with Accompanying Papers by Colorado Geological Survey (1909)
"Thin sections show that the phenocrystic feldspars are mainly andesine, but
labradorite ... phenocrystic orthoclase appears in small amount. ..."
4. Bulletin by Geological Survey (U.S.) (1891)
"The quartz of the basalts is not of the granitic phase which pervades sedimentary
rocks, but wholly of the phenocrystic type, whose pyro- genic ..."
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