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spinifex texture
Interpenetrating lacy elongate olivine crystals in komatiite, commonly considered to have been formed by quenching. Their disposition resembles the intermesh of an Australian grass for which the texture is named.
- Μέρος του λόγου: noun
- Κλάδος/Τομέας: Mining
- Category: General mining; Mineral mining
- Government Agency: USBM
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- ed.young
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