A xenolith is a foreign inclusion in an igneous rock.
A xenocryst is a crystal, resembling a phenocryst, in an igneous rock that is foreign to the body of rock in which it occurs.
Xenocryst is just more specific, talking only about crystals, whereas a xenolith could be any type of inclusion
Xenocryst is a crystal found in igneous rocks. Xenolith is a foreign inclusion found in igneous rocks
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A xenocryst is a crystal which does not occur in a specific igneous rock.
A xenolith is a piece of rock having a different origin to that of the igneous rock in which it is found.
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Xenolith
There are three syllables. Xen-o-lith.
A xenolith is a large piece of country rock that has been broken off and/or surrounded by an igneous intrusion. As the magma intrudes the country rock it may completely surround large pieces. These pieces are then called xenoliths.
A xenolith is a large piece of country rock that has been broken off and/or surrounded by an igneous intrusion. As the magma intrudes the country rock it may completely surround large pieces. These pieces are then called xenoliths.
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It is a xenolith.
It is a xenolith.
A 'xenolith' (Greek: 'foreign rock') is a rock fragment which becomes enveloped in a larger rock during the latter's development and hardening. In geology, the term ''xenolith'' is almost exclusively used to describe inclusions in igneous rock during magma emplacement and eruption. Xenoliths may be engulfed along the margins of a magma chamber, torn loose from the walls of an erupting lava conduit or explosive diatreme or picked up along the base of a flowing lava on Earth's surface. A 'xenocryst' is an individual foreign crystal included within an igneous body. Examples of xenocrysts are quartz crystals in a silica-deficient lava and diamonds within kimberlite diatremes. Although the term xenolith is most commonly associated with igneous inclusions, a broad definition could include rock fragments which have become encased in sedimentary rock. Xenoliths are sometimes found in recovered meteorites.