SINCE 1828
ophitic
adjective
ophit·ic
| \ ä-ˈfi-tik
, ō-\
, ō-\
Definition of ophitic
: having or being a rock fabric in which lath-shaped plagioclase crystals are enclosed in later formed augite
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