What does leucocratic mean?
Leucocratic means (geology, of igneous rock) Light in color, containing at least 90% felsic minerals..
Leucocratic
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Meaning
(geology, of igneous rock) Light in color, containing at least 90% felsic minerals..
Example Sentences
Occasionally the opinion is advanced that the formation of the leucocratic, granitic-granodioritic portions of the heterogeneous in-situ migmatites is due to a metasomatic process, i.e., to the addition of “emanations” from depth.
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- more leucocratic
- most leucocratic
- leukocratic
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Occasionally the opinion is advanced that the formation of the leucocratic, granitic-granodioritic portions of the heterogeneous in-situ migmatites is due to a metasomatic process, i.e., to the addition of “emanations” from depth.
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