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dikesnounAlternative spelling of dykes (“diagonal cutting pliers”). [Diagonal cutting pliers; diagonal pliers; diagonal cutters; wire cutters.]
granulitenoun(geology) A fine-grained metamorphic rock composed chiefly of feldspar, quartz, and garnets.
aphritenoun(mineralogy) A foliated or chalk-like variety of calcite.
apophyllitenoun(mineralogy) Any of several forms of a pale pink or green mineral being a mixed fluoride and silicate of potassium and calcium.
andesitenoun(geology) Any of a class of fine-grained intermediate igneous rock, of volcanic origin, containing mostly plagioclase feldspar.
spilitenoun(geology) a very fine-grained igneous rock, resembling an altered basalt, containing feldspar together with chlorite, calcite, and epidote etc.
aphanitenoun(geology, petrology) Certain dark igneous rocks having grain so fine that the individual crystals cannot be seen with the naked eye.
pegmatitenounA coarsely crystalline igneous or plutonic rock composed primarily of feldspar and quartz, normally with muscovite and/or biotite mica.
alaskitenoun(geology) A form of granite composed chiefly of quartz and feldspars.
porphyroidnoun(mineralogy) A crystalline and schistose rock containing porphyritic crystals of feldspar.
uncompahgritenoun(mineralogy) A coarse-grained melilitic rock containing more than 10% pyroxene.
granophyrenounA subvolcanic rock with angular intergrowths of quartz and alkali feldspar.
augitenoun(mineralogy) A variety of pyroxene, usually of a black or dark green color, occurring in igneous rocks, such as basalt.
pulaskitenoun(mineralogy) A massive course-grained rock composed chiefly of feldspar with some other minerals such as hornblende and biotite.
unakitenoun(mineralogy) An altered granite composed of pink orthoclase feldspar, green epidote, and generally colorless quartz.
agpaitenoun(mineralogy) Any of various peralkaline igneous rocks, typically nepheline syenite or phonolite.
plagnoun(mineralogy, informal) plagioclase feldspar
aphthitalitenoun(mineralogy) An evaporite consisting of mixed potassium and sodium sulphates; also found in the fumaroles of volcanos.
euritenoun(mineralogy) A compact feldspathic rock; felsite.
keratophyrenoun(petrography) A compact porphyritic rock composed of alkali-feldspars and diopside, and possibly including quartz.

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