blastoporphyritic

adjective

blas·​to·​porphyritic

of rocks

: having a palimpsest texture showing traces of the original porphyritic texture

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary blast- + porphyritic; originally formed as German blastoporphyritisch

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