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foidolitenoun(geology) A course-grained intrusive igneous rock where most light-coloured minerals are feldspathoids.
foidnoun(incel slang, derogatory, offensive) Clipping of femoid. [(incel slang, derogatory, offensive) A woman.]
phonolitenoun(mineralogy) A light-coloured rock of volcanic origin composed mostly of alkali feldspars.
foyaitenoun(mineralogy) A K-feldspar-nepheline syenite mineral containing a proportion of ferromagnesian minerals, usually pyroxene, hornblende, and biotite.
foyalitenoun(mineralogy) A fine-grained Plutonic syenite made up of orthoclase, nepheline, hornblende, and accessory mica, sodalite, zircon, noselite, and pyroxene.
foititenoun(mineralogy) A trigonal-ditrigonal pyramidal bluish black mineral composed of a basic, hydrated aluminate / borate / silicate of iron and sodium
fiedleritenoun(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing chlorine, fluorine, hydrogen, lead, and oxygen.
fioritenoun(mineralogy) A variety of opal occurring in the cavities of volcanic tuff, having a pearly lustre and forming botryoidal masses.
fahlunitenoun(mineralogy) A variation of fahlunite.
ooidnoun(geology) A small calcium carbonate or iron coated grain found on the seafloor.
fedotovitenoun(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing copper, oxygen, potassium, and sulfur.
felsitenoun(mineralogy) A fine grained volcanic extrusive rock, generally light in color, composed of felsic minerals.
felspathoidnounAlternative form of feldspathoid. [(mineralogy) Any of a small group of igneous, plutonic, and volcanic minerals formed in magma that did not contain enough silica to satisfy all the chemical bonds. Feldspathoids are silica-poor variants of the feldspar group.]
feldspathoidnoun(mineralogy) Any of a small group of igneous, plutonic, and volcanic minerals formed in magma that did not contain enough silica to satisfy all the chemical bonds. Feldspathoids are silica-poor variants of the feldspar group.
foshagitenoun(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic snow white mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and silicon.
oolitenoun(geology) A rock consisting of spherical grains within a mineral cortex accreted around a nucleus, often of quartz grains.
iodyritenoun(mineralogy) a natural mineral form of silver iodide
ophiolitenoun(geology) An assemblage of mafic and ultramafic rock fragments of the ocean lithosphere that has been tectonically moved onto a continental margin or island.
foggitenoun(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-disphenoidal mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and phosphorus.
oolithnoun(geology) A spherical granule of which oolite is composed, formed by concentric accretion of thin layers of a mineral (usually calcium carbonate (limestone) but also others such as dolomite and silica) around a core; an ooid.

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