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What do the words xenolith and xenocryst mean?

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A xenolith is a foreign inclusion in an igneous rock.
A xenocryst is a crystal, resembling a phenocryst, in an igneous rock that is foreign to the body of rock in which it occurs.
Xenocryst is just more specific, talking only about crystals, whereas a xenolith could be any type of inclusion

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