PEGMATITE


Meaning of PEGMATITE in English

— pegmatitic /peg'meuh tit"ik/ , adj.

/peg"meuh tuyt'/ , n. Petrol.

a coarsely crystalline granite or other high-silica rock occurring in veins or dikes.

[ 1825-35; pegmat- (s. of pêgma ) anything fastened together, a bond (Compare pegnýein to stick) + -ITE 1 ]

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