xenocrystal
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xenocrystal (plural xenocrystals)
- (geology) Alternative form of xenocryst
- 2015 October 13, “A Human Deciduous Tooth and New 40Ar/39Ar Dating Results from the Middle Pleistocene Archaeological Site of Isernia La Pineta, Southern Italy”, in PLOS ONE[1], :
- The absence of xenocrystal contamination reinforces the primary character of this layer.