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mylonites

mylonites is the plural of mylonite.

Meaning of mylonite

Noun

mylonite (countable and uncountable, plural mylonites)

  1. Any rock that has undergone modifications due to dynamic recrystallization following plastic flow; a schist created by crushed or ground rock.
    • Towards the end of the nineteenth century the crush rock known as mylonite had been recognised, a rocky paste that was ground when one mighty rock mass was pushed bodily – or thrust – over another.2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, page 87

Questions about mylonites

What is mylonites the plural of?
Mylonites is the plural of mylonite.

Words near mylonites in the dictionary

  1. mylohyoideus
  2. mylohyoids
  3. Myloi
  4. mylonisation
  5. mylonite
  6. mylonites
  7. mylonitic
  8. mylonitisation
  9. mylonitise
  10. mylonitization
  11. mylonitizations

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