- titanaugite
- ti·tan·augite
English syllables. 2014.
titanaugite
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titanaugite — |tītən+ noun Etymology: German titanaugit, from titan (from New Latin titanium) + augit augite (from Latin augites) : a basaltic augite rich in titanium and usually alkali … Useful english dictionary
Geology of the Australian Capital Territory — Australia grew around three fused pieces of very ancient continental crust (cratons). The geology of the Australian Capital Territory includes rocks dating from the Ordovician around 480 million years ago, whilst most rocks are from the Silurian … Wikipedia
Larvikite — is probably a type of syenite, notable for the presence of handsome, thumbnail sized crystals of feldspar, which are multiply twinned on the micro scale and shot through with small inclusions, giving its characteristic silver blue sheen (Schiller … Wikipedia
Augite — Augite[1] Catégorie IX : silicates[2] Au … Wikipédia en Français
basanite — /bas euh nuyt , baz /, n. Petrog. a basaltic rock composed chiefly of plagioclase, olivine, and augite. [1745 55; < L basanites; see BASALT] * * * ▪ rock extrusive igneous rock that contains calcium rich plagioclase feldspar (usually… … Universalium
allochetite — ˌaləˈked.ˌīt noun ( s) Etymology: German allochetit, from Allochet valley, Tyrol, Austria + German it ite : a porphyritic dike rock containing phenocrysts of labradorite, orthoclase, titanaugite, and nepheline in a dense groundmass of feldspar,… … Useful english dictionary
angrite — ˈaŋˌgrīt noun ( s) Etymology: Angra dos Reis, town near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil + English ite : a meteoritic stone consisting essentially of titanaugite and having no chondrules … Useful english dictionary
ankaratrite — ä.ˌtrīt noun ( s) Etymology: French ankaratrite, from Ankaratra mts., Madagascar, its locality + French ite : a melanocratic nephelite basalt containing some feldspar, phenocrysts of olivine, microlites of titanaugite, and from 10 to 15 percent… … Useful english dictionary
