Phenocryst

Description

Any large and conspicuous crystals that occur in a fine-grain matrix of porphyric rocks.

Synonyms and Related Terms

fenocristal (Port.); Phänokristalle (Deut.); fenocrist (Ned.)

Resources and Citations

• José Delgado Rodrigues, LNEC, Submitted information, 2009.

• Anne Grimmer, Glossary of Building Stone Terms, A Glossary of Historic Masonry Deterioration Problems and Preservation Treatments, National Park Service, Washington DC, 1984

• Random House, Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, Grammercy Book, New York, 1997

• The American Heritage Dictionary or Encarta, via Microsoft Bookshelf 98, Microsoft Corp., 1998