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373 words, approx. 1 pages A xenolith is a rock fragment embedded in, and distinct in texture and composition from, a surrounding mass of igneous rock. Xenoliths form when rising magma forces its way through channels and cracks, tearing off fragments of their walls and... summary from source:
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A xenolith (Greek: 'foreign rock') is a rock fragment which becomes enveloped in a larger rock during the latter's development and hardening. In geology, the term xenolith is almost exclusively used to describe inclusions in igneous rock during magma... 
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 Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science Limestone Xenoliths in Hills Pond Lamproite, Woodson County, Kansas.
04/01/2001: 1,314 words, approx. 4 pages INTRODUCTION The Hills Pond lamproite is part of a sill complex intruded into the northern portion of the Silver City Dome (Fig. 1). This intrusion is related closely in age, composition, and tectonic setting to a nearby intrusion at Rose Dome (Berendsen... summary from source:
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