SCHÖNFELSITE


Meaning of SCHÖNFELSITE in English

ˈshōnˌfelˌzīt, ˈshə(r)n- noun

( -s )

Etymology: German schönfelsit, from Altschönfels, Saxony, Germany + German -it -ite

: a feldspar-free basalt with phenocrysts of olivine and augite in a dense groundmass of titanomagnetite, orthorhombic pyroxene, apatite, interstitial brown glass, and traces of basic plagioclase

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