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Rock inside a rock with a different composition
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Petrogenesis of Ilmenite-Bearing Symplectite Xenoliths from Vitim Alkaline Basalts and Yakutian Kimberlites, Russia
scholarly article by Konstantin D. Litasov et al published November 2003 in International Geology Review
Diamond in a kimberlite xenolith
journal article; published in Nature on 1975-6
Symplectite in spinel lherzolite xenoliths from the Little Hungarian Plain, Western Hungary: A key for understanding the complex history of the upper mantle of the Pannonian Basin
Noble gases in an Hawaiian xenolith
scientific article published in Nature
Petrology and Sr–Nd–Hf isotope geochemistry of gabbro xenoliths from the Hyblean Plateau: a MARID reservoir beneath SE Sicily?
scholarly article by Giovanna T. Sapienza et al published 17 June 2008 in Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology
Xenolith geotherms and crustal models in Eastern Australia
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Garnet Breakdown, Symplectite Formation and Melting in Basanite-hosted Peridotite Xenoliths from Zinst (Bavaria, Bohemian Massif)
article published in 2013
Rapid kimberlite ascent and the significance of Ar-Ar ages in xenolith phlogopites
scientific article published on July 2000
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A xenolith ("foreign rock") is a rock fragment (country rock) that becomes enveloped in a larger rock during the latter's development and solidification. In geology, the term xenolith is almost exclusively used to describe inclusions in igneous rock entrained during magma ascent, emplacement and eruption. Xenoliths may be engulfed along the...

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