Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology

  1. Igneous Textures and Structures
    1. Crystallinity
      1. Holocrystalline Textures
        1. Hypocrystalline Textures
          1. Holohyaline Textures
            1. Devitrification
            2. Grain Size Classifications
              1. Phaneritic Textures
                1. Coarse-grained
                  1. Medium-grained
                    1. Fine-grained
                    2. Aphanitic Textures
                      1. Porphyritic Textures
                        1. Phenocryst Characteristics
                          1. Groundmass Properties
                            1. Formation Mechanisms
                            2. Pegmatitic Textures
                              1. Microcrystalline Textures
                                1. Cryptocrystalline Textures
                                2. Crystal Shapes and Arrangements
                                  1. Crystal Habits
                                    1. Euhedral Crystals
                                      1. Subhedral Crystals
                                        1. Anhedral Crystals
                                        2. Grain Size Relationships
                                          1. Equigranular Textures
                                            1. Inequigranular Textures
                                            2. Special Textures
                                              1. Trachytic Texture
                                                1. Ophitic Texture
                                                  1. Subophitic Texture
                                                    1. Intergranular Texture
                                                      1. Intersertal Texture
                                                        1. Cumulate Textures
                                                          1. Orthocumulates
                                                            1. Mesocumulates
                                                              1. Adcumulates
                                                          2. Pyroclastic Textures
                                                            1. Fragmentation Mechanisms
                                                              1. Pyroclast Types
                                                                1. Ash
                                                                  1. Lapilli
                                                                    1. Bombs
                                                                      1. Blocks
                                                                      2. Welding Processes
                                                                        1. Lithification Mechanisms
                                                                          1. Eutaxitic Texture
                                                                          2. Flow Textures
                                                                            1. Flow Banding
                                                                              1. Flow Foliation
                                                                                1. Ropy Textures
                                                                                  1. Brecciated Flow Tops
                                                                                  2. Reaction Textures
                                                                                    1. Corrosion Textures
                                                                                      1. Replacement Textures
                                                                                        1. Overgrowth Textures
                                                                                          1. Zoning Patterns
                                                                                            1. Normal Zoning
                                                                                              1. Reverse Zoning
                                                                                                1. Oscillatory Zoning

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