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Picrite

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hornblendenoun(mineralogy) A green to black amphibole mineral, of complex structure, formed in the late stages of cooling in igneous rock.
basaltnoun(mineralogy) A hard mafic igneous rock of varied mineral content; volcanic in origin, which makes up much of the Earth's oceanic crust.
picrobasaltnounpicrite
oceanitenounA variety of picrite that is chiefly composed of olivine phenocrysts.
pumicitenounA fine-grained pumice-like volcanic ash.
pyrgomnounA variety of the mineral pyroxene.
pisolithnounA pisolite.
pinitenounAny fossil wood which exhibits traces of having belonged to the pine family.
mimositenoun(mineralogy, archaic) A melanocratic basaltic rock.
picotitenoun(mineralogy) hercynite
angritenounAn achondrite consisting mostly of augite with some olivine and troilite
olivinite(mineralogy) dunite
ruditenounpsephite
chesteritenoun(mineralogy) A basic inosilicate of magnesium and iron.
melaphyrenoun(obsolete) Various dark-coloured volcanic igneous rocks rich in augite, similar to and in some definitions including basalt, principally of Paleozoic age
picrochromitenoun(mineralogy) Synonym of magnesiochromite.
spilitenoun(geology) a very fine-grained igneous rock, resembling an altered basalt, containing feldspar together with chlorite, calcite, and epidote etc.
augitenoun(mineralogy) A variety of pyroxene, usually of a black or dark green color, occurring in igneous rocks, such as basalt.
pallasitenoun(geology) A stony-iron meteorite embedded with glassy crystals of olivine.
olive orenounolivenite

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