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monchiquite

monchiquite noun: a black, basaltic igneous rock consisting of a ground mass of automorphic augite and magnetite with many embedded phenocrysts, usually of olivine.

Noun

monchiquite (countable and uncountable, plural monchiquites)

  1. A black, basaltic igneous rock consisting of a ground mass of automorphic augite and magnetite with many embedded phenocrysts, usually of olivine.
    • It resembles the analcite basalts of the Highwood Mountains, in Montana, and the monchiquites of Brazil.1917, Geological Survey (U.S.), Professional Paper (issue 93, page 84)
    • Seven samples from monchiquite dykes analysed chemically by Upton et al. (1992), including trace elements and, for three rocks, Sr and Nd isotope data, were classified on chemical grounds as olivine melanephelinite […]2019, A. R. Woolley, Alkaline Rocks and Carbonatites of the World (part 4, page 450)

Forms of monchiquite

pluralmonchiquites

Words formed from monchiquite

Questions about monchiquite

What does monchiquite mean?
Monchiquite means a black, basaltic igneous rock consisting of a ground mass of automorphic augite and magnetite with many embedded phenocrysts, usually of olivine.
What part of speech is monchiquite?
Monchiquite is a noun.
What is the plural of monchiquite?
The plural of monchiquite is monchiquites.

Words near monchiquite in the dictionary

  1. Moncayos
  2. moncheite
  3. monchew
  4. monchews
  5. Monchique
  6. monchiquite
  7. monchiquites
  8. monchiquitic
  9. monchong
  10. Monchy
  11. Moncion

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