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What are xenocrysts?

What are xenocrysts? Here are some definitions.

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  1. plural of xenocryst
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Again, the lack of zircon xenocrysts in this sample does not allow discrimination between these alternatives.
No distinction of potential xenocrysts was made.
We interpret these grains as xenocrysts from an older source terrain from which the granitic protolith of sample MS 3 may have been derived by anatectic melting.
Kimberlites contain, in addition to diamond xenocrysts, fragments of lherzolites of varying composition.
On the western side of the mesa, black hornblende xenocrysts several centimeters in size are also found in a scoriaceous, agglomeratic portion of the lava flow.
Hence, moissanites in kimberlites represent xenocrysts, the kimberlites sampling cold and reduced parts of lithospheric mantle keels.

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