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ophitic texture

A Dictionary of Earth Sciences | 1999 | | © A Dictionary of Earth Sciences 1999, originally published by Oxford University Press 1999. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

ophitic texture Large crystals of augite enclosing, either wholly or partially, laths of plagioclase feldspar, and found within dolerites and basalts. The texture is a particular type of poikilitic texture.

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