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shonkinites

shonkinites is the plural of shonkinite.

Meaning of shonkinite

Noun

shonkinite (countable and uncountable, plural shonkinites)

  1. A kind of mafic foidal syenite.
    • Much of the southern half of the southeastern body is a mafic syenite, slightly more felsic than the shonkinite.1954, J. C. Olson, D. R. Shawe, L. C. Pray, W. N. Sharp, Rare-Earth Mineral Deposits of the Mountain Pass District, San Bernadino County, California, U.S. Geological Survey, Professional Paper 261...

Questions about shonkinites

What is shonkinites the plural of?
Shonkinites is the plural of shonkinite.

Words near shonkinites in the dictionary

  1. shonkies
  2. shonkiest
  3. shonkily
  4. shonkiness
  5. shonkinite
  6. shonkinites
  7. shonkinitic
  8. Shonkoff
  9. shonks
  10. Shonkwiler
  11. Shonkwilers

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