Spilite
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Spilite is a noun meaning (geology) a very fine-grained igneous rock, resembling an altered basalt, containing feldspar together with chlorite, calcite, and epidote etc.
Meaning
(geology) a very fine-grained igneous rock, resembling an altered basalt, containing feldspar together with chlorite, calcite, and epidote etc.
Word Forms
- spilites
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include chert, spilosite, spiculite, spurrite, spinellite, felsite.
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