Xenoblastic
a crystal that forms in metamorphic rock and gets its outline from neighboring crystals.
xen-blast
(zěn’ə-blāst’, zē’nə-)
a mineral that has not developed its characteristic crystalline faces and that has formed in a rock that has undergone metamorphism.
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