Refers to a vocabulary of terms describing the role played by a constituent part of a compound material (eg, matrix, phenocryst)
Refers to a vocabulary of terms describing the role that the source material plays in a relationship between two constituent parts of a compound material (eg, quartz(source) overgrows plagioclase phenocrysts)
Refers to a vocabulary of terms describing the lithology of the compound earth material (eg, granite, sandstone, schist)
Refers to a vocabulary of terms describing the type of particle in the compound earth material (eg, bioclast, phenocryst, pyroclast)
Refers to a vocabulary of terms describing to type of relationship between two constituent parts of a compound material