Marekanite
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Marekanite is a noun meaning An Apache tear (obsidian nodule).
Meaning
An Apache tear (obsidian nodule).
More Meanings
- The material which such nodules consist of.
Example Sentences
Marekanites are often found as embedded remnants within perlite.
Marekanite balls from Corinto in Nicaragua are described; they are about the size of hazel-nuts, and black, with vitreous lustre.
But the nature of marekanite is now well understood. It is the perlitic or subpumiceous modification of a glassy rhyolitic rock in situ on […]
Word Forms
- marekanites
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include banakite, mijakite, akerite, microtektite, miaskite, unakite.
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