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chorismite

A general term for a group of mixed rocks, which are the result of the injection of the crystallization products of intruding magmas into, and/or the mixture of such material with, the enclosing rocks, sedimentary or metamorphic. There are several varieties. The term is not widely used. Compare: migmatite.

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