granoblastic

adjective

gran·​o·​blas·​tic

¦granō¦blastik

of a rock

: having a texture in which the fragments are irregular and angular and appear like a mosaic under the microscope

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary grano- + blastic; originally formed as German granoblastisch

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