💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Picrite"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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. |
| picrobasaltnoun | picrite |
| oceanitenoun | A variety of picrite that is chiefly composed of olivine phenocrysts. |
| pumicitenoun | A fine-grained pumice-like volcanic ash. |
| pyrgomnoun | A variety of the mineral pyroxene. |
| pisolithnoun | A pisolite. |
| pinitenoun | Any fossil wood which exhibits traces of having belonged to the pine family. |
| mimositenoun | (mineralogy, archaic) A melanocratic basaltic rock. |
| picotitenoun | (mineralogy) hercynite |
| angritenoun | An achondrite consisting mostly of augite with some olivine and troilite |
| olivinite | (mineralogy) dunite |
| ruditenoun | psephite |
| 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 orenoun | olivenite |
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