💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Basanite"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| nephelinenoun | (mineralogy) A feldspathoid mineral of silica-poor igneous, plutonic and volcanic rocks. Chemically, nepheline is a plagioclase feldspar with insufficient silica to satisfy the chemical bonds. Because of the unfilled bonds, nepheline weathers rapidly and can only be seen as inclusions in freshly broken rock. |
| leucitenoun | (mineralogy) A mineral of silica-poor igneous, plutonic and volcanic rocks. Chemically, leucite is a potassium feldspar with insufficient silica to satisfy the chemical bonds. Because of the unfilled bonds, leucite weathers rapidly and can only be seen as inclusions in freshly broken rock. |
| melabasanitenoun | (petrology) A black basanite |
| alkali basaltnoun | (geology) An alkaline variety of basalt. |
| basaltenoun | Obsolete form of basalt. [(mineralogy) A hard mafic igneous rock of varied mineral content; volcanic in origin, which makes up much of the Earth's oceanic crust.] |
| chabasitenoun | Alternative form of chabazite. [(mineralogy) Any of several zeolite minerals that occur in basaltic rocks.] |
| basaltnoun | (mineralogy) A hard mafic igneous rock of varied mineral content; volcanic in origin, which makes up much of the Earth's oceanic crust. |
| chabazitenoun | (mineralogy) Any of several zeolite minerals that occur in basaltic rocks. |
| metabasitenoun | (geology) A metamorphosed form of a basalt, dolerite or similar rock |
| chabasienoun | Obsolete form of chabazite. [(mineralogy) Any of several zeolite minerals that occur in basaltic rocks.] |
| granitoid | (geology) Resembling granite. |
| batisitenoun | (mineralogy) An orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing barium, oxygen, potassium, silicon, sodium, and titanium. |
| picrobasaltnoun | picrite |
| basaltwarenoun | Articles made from basalt. |
| banakitenoun | (geology) A form of trachyandesite |
| trachybasaltnoun | A volcanic rock with a composition between trachyte and basalt. |
| bostonitenoun | Synonym of Bostonian (“someone from Boston, Massachusetts, or Boston, Lincolnshire”). |
| chertnoun | (geology, uncountable) Massive, usually dull-colored and opaque, quartzite, hornstone, impure chalcedony, or other flint-like mineral. |
| benstonitenoun | (mineralogy) A trigonal-pyramidal mineral containing barium, calcium, carbon, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, and strontium. |
| granititenoun | Any of various types of granite containing a high percentage of biotite. |
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