English Explanatory Dictionary

blairmorite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A very rare porphyritic volcanic rock characterized by dominant analcime phenocrysts in a matrix of analcime, sanidine and alkalic pyroxene with accessory titanite, melanite and nepheline.

Word forms

blairmorite

Etymology

Blairmore + -ite, after the community of Blairmore in southwestern Alberta, Canada.

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