neoblastic

English

Etymology

From neoblast +‎ -ic or neo- +‎ -blastic.

Adjective

neoblastic (not comparable)

  1. Constituting or pertaining to a new growth, as of tissue.
  2. (geology) Descriptive of a crystal, or a mineral species in metamorphic rock, formed more recently, by recrystallization, than others in the same rock.
    • 2017 October, Gavin G. Kenny, Luiz F. Morales, Martin J. Whitehouse, Joseph A. Petrus, Balz S. Kamber, “The formation of large neoblasts in shocked zircon and their utility in dating impacts”, in Geology‎[1], volume 45, number 11, Geological Society of America, →DOI, archived from the original on 18 June 2022, pages 1003–1006:
      The neoblast-bearing sample was taken from a heterogeneous, lithic clast–rich igneous unit associated with the roof rocks of the impact melt sheet, making this the first time a crater has been dated using neoblastic zircon from the upper part of its stratigraphy.

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