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Answer for the clue "Certain rock fragment ", 8 letters:
xenolith

Word definitions for xenolith in dictionaries

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Xenolith is a geologic term for foreign rock fragment within a host rock Xenolith may also refer to: Xenolith (Trojan horse) , a 1998 Windows Trojan horse Xenolith (video game) , a 2001 role-playing game for the PC

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context geology English) any piece of rock having a different origin to that of the igneous rock in which it is found

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. (geology) a piece of rock of different origin from the igneous rock in which it is embedded

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1894, from xeno- "foreign, strange" + -lith "stone."