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- adjective geology Containing
equidimensional grains ofmetamorphic rock formed byrecrystallization
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Examples
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"The quartzite shows granoblastic and blastopsammitic texture, with grain sizes varying from coarse sand to very fine pebble and with minor microcrystals of sericite, fuchsite, andalusite and iron oxide, besides detrital tourmaline, rutile, and zircon." link
Geological Definition of the Day (#2) ReBecca Foster 2008
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"The quartzite shows granoblastic and blastopsammitic texture, with grain sizes varying from coarse sand to very fine pebble and with minor microcrystals of sericite, fuchsite, andalusite and iron oxide, besides detrital tourmaline, rutile, and zircon." link
Archive 2008-03-01 ReBecca Foster 2008
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In the most superficial level, there are veins of chalcedonic quartz and quartz with granoblastic texture and occasional coarse crossings, less chalcedony of coloform texture and local pseudomorf quartz after the calcite blade.
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