- lamprophyric
- lam·pro·phyric
English syllables. 2014.
lamprophyric
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lamprophyric — adjective see lamprophyre * * * lamprophyric / firˈik/ adjective • • • Main Entry: ↑lamprophyre … Useful english dictionary
lamprophyre — lamprophyric /lam preuh fir ik/, adj. /lam preuh fuyeur /, n. Petrol. any dark intrusive rock in which dark minerals occur both as phenocrysts and as groundmass. [1885 90; lampro ( < Gk lamprós clear) + PHYRE] * * * ▪ rock any of a group of … Universalium
camptonite — /kamp teuh nuyt /, n. a lamprophyric rock occurring in dikes and composed of labradorite, pyroxene, sodic hornblende and olivine. [ < G (1887), named after Campton, New Hampshire; see ITE] * * * … Universalium
aschaffite — əˈshaˌfīt noun ( s) Etymology: German aschaffit, from Aschaffenburg, Bavaria, Germany, its locality + German it ite : a lamprophyric dike rock that is related to the quartz diorites and contains phenocrysts of quartz, plagioclase, and biotite … Useful english dictionary
camptonite — ˈkam(p)təˌnīt noun ( s) Etymology: German camptonit, from Campton (Falls), N.H., its locality + German it ite : a dark porphyritic lamprophyric rock occurring in dikes … Useful english dictionary
monchiquite — /monˈshi kīt/ noun A fine grained lamprophyric rock, composed of olivine and augite with little or no feldspar, in an analcite groundmass ORIGIN: Serra de Monchique, in SW Portugal … Useful english dictionary
