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pulaskite

pulaskite noun: a massive course-grained rock composed chiefly of feldspar with some other minerals such as hornblende and biotite.

Noun

pulaskite (countable and uncountable, plural pulaskites)

  1. A massive course-grained rock composed chiefly of feldspar with some other minerals such as hornblende and biotite.
    • The pulaskites occupy a position similar to that of larvikite between syenite and nepheline-syenite. Quartz is absent, while felspathoids are present in small quantities.1909, Samuel James Shand, Royal Scottish Museum, An Introduction to Petrography and Guide to the Collections of Rocks, page 45
    • The normal granite nowhere cuts the normal pulaskite, nor does the pulaskite cut the granite. That the two rocks are transitional is clearly shown in some places.1920, Alfred Reginald Schultz, Oil Possibilities in and Around Baxter Basin, in the Rock Springs Uplift, Sweetwater County, Wyoming, page 93

Forms of pulaskite

pluralpulaskites

Words formed from pulaskite

Questions about pulaskite

What does pulaskite mean?
Pulaskite means a massive course-grained rock composed chiefly of feldspar with some other minerals such as hornblende and biotite.
What part of speech is pulaskite?
Pulaskite is a noun.
What is the plural of pulaskite?
The plural of pulaskite is pulaskites.

Words near pulaskite in the dictionary

  1. pulasan
  2. pulasans
  3. pulaski
  4. Pulaski County
  5. pulaskis
  6. pulaskite
  7. pulaskites
  8. pulaskitic
  9. Pulastya
  10. pulau
  11. Pulau Brani

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