Monchiquite
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Monchiquite is a noun meaning (mineralogy) A black, basaltic igneous rock consisting of a ground mass of automorphic augite and magnetite with many embedded phenocrysts, usually of olivine.
Meaning
(mineralogy) A black, basaltic igneous rock consisting of a ground mass of automorphic augite and magnetite with many embedded phenocrysts, usually of olivine.
Example Sentences
It resembles the analcite basalts of the Highwood Mountains, in Montana, and the monchiquites of Brazil.
Seven samples from monchiquite dykes analysed chemically by Upton et al. (1992), including trace elements and, for three rocks, Sr and Nd isotope data, were classified on chemical grounds as olivine melanephelinite […]
Word Forms
- monchiquites
Related Words
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