helicitic

adjective

heli·​cit·​ic

¦hēlə¦sitik,

¦hel-

of metamorphic rock

: marked by bands of inclusions showing the original bedding or schistosity of the rock and in many places cutting through the later formation

Word History

Etymology

helic- + -itic

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