| Although the term xenolith is most commonly associated with igneous inclusions, a broad definition could include rock fragments which have become encased in sedimentary rock. |
| Following the characterization of the mineral La-enriched calcioburbankite was encountered in a vug in a fragment of marble xenolith. |
| In geology, the term xenolith is almost exclusively used to describe inclusions in igneous rock during magma emplacement and eruption. |
| Sheldrickite occurs in a marble xenolith in the nepheline syenite intrusive unit close to a large unit of hornfels. |
| The new mineral petarasite occurs as irregular grains in a xenolith in the nepheline syenite at Mont St-Hilaire, Quebec. |
| The xenolith is composed predominantly of biotite and microcline with minor amounts of catapleiite, apatite, zircon and other accessory minerals. |
