Pulaskite
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Pulaskite is a noun meaning (mineralogy) A massive course-grained rock composed chiefly of feldspar with some other minerals such as hornblende and biotite.
Meaning
(mineralogy) A massive course-grained rock composed chiefly of feldspar with some other minerals such as hornblende and biotite.
Example Sentences
Nepheline and sodalite are two accessory minerals in the pulaskites.
The normal granite nowhere cuts the normal pulaskite, nor does the pulaskite cut the granite. That the two rocks are transitional is clearly shown in some places.
The pulaskites occupy a position similar to that of larvikite between syenite and nepheline-syenite. Quartz is absent, while felspathoids are present in small quantities.
Word Forms
- pulaskites
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include pegmatite, felsite, alaskite, aplite, miaskite, granulite.
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