poikilitic

[poi-kuh-lit-ik]

adjective Petrography.

(of igneous rocks) having small crystals of one mineral scattered irregularly in larger crystals of another mineral.

Origin of poikilitic

1830–40; < Greek poikíl(os) various + -ite¹ + -ic

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These are the colours which gave the name of variegatea (Poikilitic) to the series.
The World Before the Deluge
Louis Figuier