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trachydolerite

trachydolerite noun: a type of volcanic rock with characteristics of both trachyte and dolerite.

Noun

trachydolerite (countable and uncountable, plural trachydolerites)

  1. A type of volcanic rock with characteristics of both trachyte and dolerite.
    • Instead of separating these blending rocks, then, and distinguishing them by different names, it is better to follow the example of Abich, and unite them under one term, such as that proposed by him of—14. Trachy-dolerite.1863, “Geology”, in Adam and Charles Black, editors, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 8th edition, volume XV, page 133
    • A trachydolerite composed of plagioclase, orthoclase, analcite, augite, and biotite is the least abundant of the rocks occurring in irregular obtrusive masses.1906, Waldemar Lindgren, Frederick Leslie Ransome, Geology and Gold Deposits of the Cripple Creek District, Colorado, page 3

Forms of trachydolerite

pluraltrachydolerites

Words formed from trachydolerite

Questions about trachydolerite

What does trachydolerite mean?
Trachydolerite means a type of volcanic rock with characteristics of both trachyte and dolerite.
What part of speech is trachydolerite?
Trachydolerite is a noun.
What is the plural of trachydolerite?
The plural of trachydolerite is trachydolerites.

Words near trachydolerite in the dictionary

  1. trachyceratid
  2. trachyceratids
  3. trachydacite
  4. trachydacites
  5. trachydacitic
  6. trachydolerite
  7. trachydolerites
  8. trachydoleritic
  9. trachylid
  10. trachylids
  11. trachylobane

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