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Pseudotachylyte

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pseudotachylitenoun(mineralogy) A dark, glassy rock generated by frictional heat within faults
tachylitenounAlternative form of tachylyte. [(geology) A black, vitreous basalt of volcanic origin.]
tachylytenoun(geology) A black, vitreous basalt of volcanic origin.
rock-glassnounAlternative spelling of rock glass. [(chemistry, mining, geology) Metastable glass of volcanic or dyke origin.]
theralitenoun(petrology) calcic foidal gabbro, a kind of plutonic hylocrystalline rock
tectitenounAlternative form of tektite. [A small, round, dark glassy object, composed of silicates, formed by the rapid cooling of molten ejecta from meteorite impacts.]
rockglassnounAlternative spelling of rock glass. [(chemistry, mining, geology) Metastable glass of volcanic or dyke origin.]
microtectitenounAlternative form of microtektite. [A microscopic tektite.]
rhetizitenounAlternative form of rhaetizite. [(obsolete, mineralogy) A variety of the mineral kyanite.]
pseudoleucitenoun(geology) A pseudomorph of leucite that is a mixture of nepheline and orthoclase
pseudorutilenoun(mineralogy) A mineral form of ferric titanate
yatalitenoun(mineralogy) A form of coarse-grained pegmatite composed of uralitic actinolite.
tachhydritenounAlternative form of tachyhydrite. [(mineralogy) An evaporite, consisting of a mixed calcium and magnesium chloride, with the chemical formula CaMg₂Cl₆·12H₂O.]
turmalinenounAlternative form of tourmaline. [(mineralogy) A complex black or dark-coloured borosilicate mineral, compounded with various chemical elements and considered a semi-precious stone.]
diktyonitenoun(geology) Alternative form of dictyonite. [(geology) A reticulated form of migmatite]
kampylitenounAlternative form of campylite. [(mineralogy) A variety of mimetite.]
sahlitenoun(mineralogy, obsolete) Alternative form of salite. [(mineralogy, obsolete) diopside]
datholitenounAlternative spelling of datolite. [(mineralogy) A borosilicate of lime commonly occurring in glassy, greenish crystals, with the chemical formula CaBSiO₄(OH).]
achroitenoun(mineralogy) A colourless form of tourmaline
pseudomineralnounA pseudomorph of a mineral

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