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Ophitic
Describing any rock having crystals of feldspar interspersed with plates of augite.
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Describing any rock having crystals of feldspar interspersed with plates of augite.
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| diabasenoun | (geology) A fine-grained igneous rock composed mostly of pyroxene and feldspar. |
| doleritenoun | (geology) A type of fine-grained basaltic rock. |
| augitenoun | (mineralogy) A variety of pyroxene, usually of a black or dark green color, occurring in igneous rocks, such as basalt. |
| intergrowthnoun | A growing together and through each other of two crystals. |
| feldspathoidalnoun | (of a rock) Having feldspathoids. |
| feldspathic | (mineralogy) Containing feldspar. |
| feldspatholithic | Containing rocks and feldspar. |
| felspathic | Alternative form of feldspathic. [(mineralogy) Containing feldspar.] |
| foidal | (geology) feldspathoidal |
| feldspathose | (mineralogy) Containing feldspar. |
| 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. |
| felspathoidnoun | Alternative 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.] |
| porphyritic | (geology) Containing large crystals in a fine mass of material. |
| spathicnoun | (geology, mineralogy) Having good cleavage. |
| felsitic | Relating to, or containing, felsite. |
| augiticnoun | Containing augite. |
| poikilitic | (geology) Describing the texture of an igneous rock that has small crystals of one mineral scattered among larger crystals of another |
| radiolitic | (geology, of limestone) Whose components radiate from a central point. |
| hypocrystallinenoun | (geology, of igneous rocks) having both glass and crystalline components |
| automorphic | (mathematics) Describing a number whose square ends in the number itself; circular. |
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