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Geological Glossary - X

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x-ray diffraction In mineralogy, the process of identifying mineral structure by exposing crystal to X-rays and studying the resulting diffraction pattern.
xenocryst An inclusion in a rock of material not formed in the rock in which it is found.
xenolith Rock sample with mineralogy foreign to the igneous host in which it occurs. Thought to be a fragment of wall rock from volcanic conduits in the deep lithosphere rapidly transported to the surface during eruption or a piece of country rock engulfed in an intrusion
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