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List of rock textural and morphological terms
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rock
textural
and
morphological
terms.
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A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
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A
Adcumulate
Agglomeritic
Adamantine
a type of
lustre
Amygdaloidal
Anhedral
Antitaxial
veins
Aphanitic
Aplitic
; aplite
Augen textured gneiss
Axiolitic
texture
B
Botryoidal
Brecciated
Bedding fissile
; bedding fissility
Boudinage
;
boudins
C
Cataclastic
Chilled margin
Clastic
; see also
breccia
Cleaved
Crenulated
Cross-bedding
Cross-stratification
; also trough-cross stratification.
Cumulate
; see also
layered intrusion
D
Decussate
Devitirification; devitrified
Dendritic texture
; dendrites
Diatextite
; see also
schlieren
and
migmatite
E
Embayed
minerals; see
igneous texture
Equigranular
Euhedral
Eutaxitic
Epiclastic
F
Fiamme
Foliation
Fissile
; see also
Bedding fissility
.
Fossiliferous
G
Glomeroporphyritic
Gneissose
; gneissic
Granoblastic
Granophyric
Granulitic
Graphic
H
Holocrystalline
Hyaline texture
Hyalopilitic
I
Imbricate
Intergrowth texture
J
Jointed
K
Kelyphitic
L
Lepidoblastic
Leucocratic
Lineation
, lineated
L-tectonite
M
Melanocratic
Mesocratic
Mesocumulate
Mylonitic
N
Nematoblastic
O
Ocelli
Oolitic
; see also
limestone
Ophitic
texture
Orbicular
texture
Orthocumulate
P
Panidiomorphic
Pegmatitic
Peloidal
Perthitic
Phaneritic
Phyllitic
Pisolitic
Poikilitic
Poikiloblastic
Porphyroclastic
Porphyroblastic
Porphyritic texture
; see also
porphyry
Ptygmatic
(folding); see
migmatite
Q
Quench textures; see
obsidian
,
tachylyte
or
aphanitic
R
Rapakivi
texture
S
Sandy
Schistose
; schistosity
Seriate texture
Shear
; sheared; shear fabric
Slaty
;
slaty cleavage
Specular
Spherulite
Spinifex texture
; see also
komatiite
S-tectonite
Stratabound
Stratum
Stromatolitic
Stylolitic
Subhedral
Symplectite
T
Tuffaceous
Trachytic texture
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V
Vesicular texture
Variolitic
Vitreous
Vuggy
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