What does adularize mean?
Adularize means (geology) to gain or be replaced by adularia.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
(geology) to gain or be replaced by adularia.
At some localities the sanidite is adularizing.
[…] albite, calcite, and pyrite -- are compounds of magnesium, sodium, calcium, and iron, which are the principal elements removed during adularization. The peripheral relation of the chloritized rocks to the adularized rocks […]
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Adularize means (geology) to gain or be replaced by adularia.
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At some localities the sanidite is adularizing.
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