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Definition of poikilitic

Poikilitic
Poikilitic Poi`ki*lit"ic, a. (Geol.) See P[oe]cilitic.
poikilitic
Poecilitic P[oe]`ci*lit"ic, a. [Gr. poiki`los many-colored, variegated.] (Geol.) (a) Mottled with various colors; variegated; spotted; -- said of certain rocks. (b) Specifically: Of or pertaining to, or characterizing, Triassic and Permian sandstones of red and other colors. [Also written poikilitic.]

Meaning of poikilitic from wikipedia

- Poikilitic texture refers to igneous rocks where large later-formed less perfect crystals ('oikocrysts') surround smaller early-formed idiomorphic crystals...
- certain dolerites after an occurrence in the Pyrenees Ophitic, a type of poikilitic texture in igneous rocks Ophitic dialect, a variant of Pontic Gr**** This...
- The ages of these rocks include 89 Ma for the lavas and 75 Ma for the poikilitic sills, though some sequences may have erupted as late as 62–66 Ma, placing...
- identified in metamorphic rocks by its swiss cheese appearance (with poikilitic quartz) and often mantled porphyroblastic character. The name is derived...
- lava where phenocrysts had started to form prior to eruption. Obsidian Poikilitic texture Tachylite Best, Myron G. (2002). Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology...
- The ages of these rocks include 89 Ma for the lavas and 75 Ma for the poikilitic sills, though some sequences may have erupted as late as 62–66 Ma, placing...
- crystals or as large grains enclosing smaller grains of other minerals (poikilitic grains). Geologists use rigorous quantitative definitions to classify...
- Panidiomorphic Pegmatitic Peloidal Perthitic Phaneritic Phyllitic Pisolitic Poikilitic Poikiloblastic Porphyroclastic Porphyroblastic Porphyritic texture; see...
- Al2O3) phenocrystic phlogopite; titanian (5-10 wt.% TiO2) groundm**** poikilitic "tetraferriphlogopite"; titanian (3-5 wt.% TiO2), pot****ium (4-6 wt.%...
- silicate mineral occurs as an anchimonomineral veinlet that cross-cuts poikilitic nepheline syenite. This mineral appears to resemble yuksporite, as it...