different between poikilitic vs poikiloblastic

English

Ancient Greek ???????? (poikílos, “scattered”)

poikilitic (comparative more poikilitic, superlative most poikilitic)

(geology) Describing the texture of an igneous rock that has small crystals of one mineral scattered among larger crystals of another

poikiloblast +? -ic

poikiloblastic (comparative more poikiloblastic, superlative most poikiloblastic)

(geology) Describing the texture of a metamorphic rock that has small idioblasts of one constituent lying within larger xenoblasts

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