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geophases

geophases is the plural of geophase.

Meaning of geophase

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

Questions about geophases

What is geophases the plural of?
Geophases is the plural of geophase.

Words near geophases in the dictionary

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

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