Kelyphite
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Kelyphite is a noun meaning (mineralogy) A substitution mineral found surrounding garnet in peridotites.
Meaning
(mineralogy) A substitution mineral found surrounding garnet in peridotites.
Example Sentences
Kelyphite is a fine grained, fibrous and radially oriented mineral assembly surrounding partially retrogressed garnet.
Relationships shown in Fig. 3, B and C demonstrate that formation of the symplectite predated development of glassy kelyphite veins which formed by decompression melting during rapid ascent of the host alnöite.
Word Forms
- kelyphites
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include phyllite, pholerite, kerolite, keratophyre, kelyanite, pyreneite.
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