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Pieces of one rock unit contained within another are called

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The correct answer is inclusions.
An inclusion is any material that is trapped inside a mineral during its formation. it is a characteristic enclosed within a gemstone, or reaching its surface from the interior. An example is the xenolith, which is a fragment of country rock that fell into passing magma as a result of stoping.

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