ophitic texture

geology
Also known as: diabasic texture

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diabase

  • In diabase

    …the characteristic texture known as diabasic or ophitic. The larger pyroxene grains may completely enclose plagioclase; but as the quantity of the latter increases, pyroxene appears more interstitial.

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rock fabric

  • temperature of Earth
    In igneous rock: Important textural types

    Ophitic texture is the association of lath-shaped euhedral crystals of plagioclase, grouped radially or in an irregular mesh, with surrounding or interstitial large anhedral crystals of pyroxene; it is characteristic of the common rock type known as diabase.

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