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geophase

geophase noun: a point in the sequence of geochemical changes that occur as minerals are formed from cooling magma.

Noun

geophase (plural geophases)

  1. A point in the sequence of geochemical changes that occur as minerals are formed from cooling magma.
    • […] contemporaneous with gold are gilbertite, leptochlorite, tourmaline, iron sulphides, feldspar, (rare) carbonates, and quartz; post gold minerals are quartz, zinc and lead sulphides, and many others of geophases K and L.2012, Robert W. Boyle, Gold: History and Genesis of Deposits, page 108
    • In the opinion of A.E. Fersman, amazonite freely crystallizes from melt in the relatively late geophases of the pegmatite process, but the beginning of its formation belongs to the earlier and high-temperature geophase—the rise of graphic granite.2015, Mikhail Ostrooumov, Amazonite: Mineralogy, Crystal Chemistry, and Typomorphism, page 179

Forms of geophase

pluralgeophases

Origin of geophase

Coined by Alexander Fersman, geo- + phase

Questions about geophase

What does geophase mean?
Geophase means a point in the sequence of geochemical changes that occur as minerals are formed from cooling magma.
What part of speech is geophase?
Geophase is a noun.
What is the plural of geophase?
The plural of geophase is geophases.

Words near geophase in the dictionary

  1. geophagism
  2. geophagist
  3. geophagists
  4. geophagous
  5. geophagy
  6. geophase
  7. geophases
  8. geophile
  9. geophiles
  10. geophilia
  11. geophilic

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