əˈshaˌfīt noun
( -s )
Etymology: German aschaffit, from Aschaffenburg, Bavaria, Germany, its locality + German -it -ite
: a lamprophyric dike rock that is related to the quartz-diorites and contains phenocrysts of quartz, plagioclase, and biotite
əˈshaˌfīt noun
( -s )
Etymology: German aschaffit, from Aschaffenburg, Bavaria, Germany, its locality + German -it -ite
: a lamprophyric dike rock that is related to the quartz-diorites and contains phenocrysts of quartz, plagioclase, and biotite
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012