pegmatite
noun
a coarsely crystalline granite or other high-silica rock occurring in veins or dikes.
pegmatitic
-
a word derived from
pegmatite.
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This texture, which indicates a very slow crystallization, is called pegmatitic.
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A rock that chiefly consists of pegmatitic texture is known as a pegmatite.
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To give an example of how large these crystals can get, transparent cleavage sheets of pegmatitic muscovite mica were used as windows during the Middle Ages.
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Explain the difference between porphyritic and pegmatitic textures.
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