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"Schlieren" Definition

noun plural

Small masses or streaks in an igneous rock that differ in composition from the main body.
Regions of varying refraction in a transparent medium often caused by pressure or temperature differences and detectable especially by photographing the passage of a beam of light.

noun-plural

Geology Irregular dark or light streaks in plutonic igneous rock that differ in composition from the principal mass.
Regions of a transparent medium, as of a flowing gas, that are visible because their densities are different from that of the bulk of the medium.

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