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protomylonite

protomylonite noun: a mylonite where most of the rock volume has not been ground into matrix and so contains its original texture.

Noun

protomylonite (countable and uncountable, plural protomylonites)

  1. A mylonite where most of the rock volume has not been ground into matrix and so contains its original texture.

Forms of protomylonite

pluralprotomylonites

Origin of protomylonite

From proto- + mylonite.

Questions about protomylonite

What does protomylonite mean?
Protomylonite means a mylonite where most of the rock volume has not been ground into matrix and so contains its original texture.
What part of speech is protomylonite?
Protomylonite is a noun.
What is the plural of protomylonite?
The plural of protomylonite is protomylonites.

Words near protomylonite in the dictionary

  1. protomorph
  2. protomorphic
  3. protomorphs
  4. protomullet
  5. protomullets
  6. protomylonite
  7. protomylonites
  8. protomyofibroblast
  9. protomyofibroblasts
  10. protomyth
  11. protomyths

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