Leucocratic
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Leucocratic is an adjective meaning (geology, of igneous rock) Light in color, containing at least 90% felsic minerals.
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.
Word Forms
- leukocratic
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include granites, leukocratic, leucitic, melanocratic, mesocratic, felsic.
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