RAPAKIVI


Meaning of RAPAKIVI in English

|räpəˈkēvē noun

( -s )

Etymology: Finnish, from rapa dregs, mud, gravel + kivi stone, rock

: a coarse red granite quarried in Finland having curious ovoid ringed feldspars composed of central cores of orthoclase surrounded by a shell of oligoclase and being much used for building in northern Russia

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