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hälleflinta

hälleflinta noun: a fine-grained rock consisting of an intimate mixture of quartz and feldspar, sometimes banded or striated, sometimes containing porphyritic crystals of quartz.

hälleflinta: a fine-grained rock consisting of an intimate mixture of quartz and feldspar, sometimes banded or...
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Noun

hälleflinta (uncountable)

  1. A fine-grained rock consisting of an intimate mixture of quartz and feldspar, sometimes banded or striated, sometimes containing porphyritic crystals of quartz.

Origin of hälleflinta

From Swedish hälleflinta (literally “rock-flint”), from häll + flinta (compare Old Norse flettu (grjót (“flintstone”)), from Middle Low German vlint, from Old Saxon *flint, from Proto-West Germanic *flint).

Questions about hälleflinta

What does hälleflinta mean?
Hälleflinta means a fine-grained rock consisting of an intimate mixture of quartz and feldspar, sometimes banded or striated, sometimes containing porphyritic crystals of quartz.
What part of speech is hälleflinta?
Hälleflinta is a noun.

Words near hälleflinta in the dictionary

  1. Hârseni
  2. Hârsești
  3. Hârtibaciu
  4. Hârtiești
  5. Häagen-Dazs
  6. hälleflinta
  7. Hällefors
  8. Hällefors Elkhound
  9. Hällefors Elkhounds
  10. Hällnäs
  11. Hämarik

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