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Definition of: schliere
(shlē′rə) noun plural ·ren (-rən) Geol.
In an igneous rock, an irregular, commonly not sharply bounded, portion differing in composition or texture from the general mass of the rock. [<G, lit., a streak]
—schlie′ric adjective
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