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Bilingual glossary of geology

Pyroclastic Pyroclastique

Type of igneous texture displayed by volcanic rocks formed from the consolidation of pyroclasts.

Themes:
  Igneous rocks

Related words:
  Aphanitic
  Vesicular
  Vitreous (Texture; syn.: Glassy)
  Pegmatitic
  Phaneritic
  Porphyritic
  Texture
  Extrusive (Igneous Rock; syn.: Volcanic)
  Pyroclast