💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Chorismite"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| migmatitenoun | (geology) Any rock of mixed appearance, being an intimate mixture of granite and older rock, specifically from intense metamorphism which partially melts the rock, causing it to recrystallize in a state intermediate between igneous and metamorphic. |
| chromititenoun | (geology) An igneous rock composed mostly of chromite |
| polymict | (geology, of a breccia) Containing multiple types of rock. |
| chrombismitenoun | (mineralogy) A tetragonal mineral containing bismuth, chromium, and oxygen. |
| mischionoun | A colorful variety of marble (metamorphic rock of crystalline limestone). |
| nebulitenoun | (mineralogy) A chorismite in which one of the textural elements occurs in lenticular masses that have indistinct boundaries. |
| melangenoun | A mixture of different things; a disordered mixture. |
| chertnoun | (geology, uncountable) Massive, usually dull-colored and opaque, quartzite, hornstone, impure chalcedony, or other flint-like mineral. |
| chasmoendolithnoun | Any endolith that inhabits a cleft (chasm) in a rock |
| macromosaicnoun | (geology) A rock composed of a mosaic of relatively large pieces of a mineral, typically quartz |
| ichornoun | (Greek mythology) The liquid said to flow in place of blood in the veins of the gods. |
| rocknoun | A formation of minerals, specifically: |
| monchiquitenoun | (mineralogy) A black, basaltic igneous rock consisting of a ground mass of automorphic augite and magnetite with many embedded phenocrysts, usually of olivine. |
| chromistannoun | (uncommon) Synonym of chromist. |
| anyolitenoun | A metamorphic rock composed of intergrown green zoisite, black tschermakite, and ruby. |
| breccianoun | (petrology) A rock composed of angular fragments in a matrix that may be of a similar or a different material. |
| clasticnoun | (geology) A rock made from fragments of pre-existing rocks. |
| shistnoun | Alternative form of schist. [Any of a variety of coarse-grained crystalline metamorphic rocks with a foliated structure that allows easy division into slabs or slates.] |
| chiastolite slatenoun | (mineralogy) A rock formed by contact metamorphism of carbonaceous shale, characterized by prominent cleavage or schistosity and the presence of conspicuous chiastolite crystals in a fine-grained groundmass. |
| gneissoid | (geology) Having a structure similar to that of gneiss, or intermediate between that of gneiss and mica or granite |
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