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troctolite

troctolite noun: a rare type of ultramafic intrusive rock, consisting primarily of olivine and calcic plagioclase.

Noun

troctolite (usually uncountable, plural troctolites)

  1. (usually) A rare type of ultramafic intrusive rock, consisting primarily of olivine and calcic plagioclase
    • Here, we report a magnetic study of an unshocked ancient rock with a well-constrained thermal history, troctolite 76535.2009 January 16, Ian Garrick-Bethell et al., “Early Lunar Magnetism”, in Science, volume 323, number 5912, →DOI

Forms of troctolite

pluraltroctolites

Origin of troctolite

From German Troktolit.

Words formed from troctolite

Questions about troctolite

What does troctolite mean?
Troctolite means a rare type of ultramafic intrusive rock, consisting primarily of olivine and calcic plagioclase.
What part of speech is troctolite?
Troctolite is a noun.
What is the plural of troctolite?
The plural of troctolite is troctolites.

Words near troctolite in the dictionary

  1. trochuses
  2. trock
  3. Trocki
  4. troco
  5. trocophore
  6. troctolite
  7. troctolites
  8. troctolitic
  9. trod
  10. trod a measure
  11. trod carefully

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