shonkinite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A kind of mafic foidal syenite.

Word forms

shonkinite shonkinites

Etymology

From Shonkin + -ite, after the type locality at Shonkin Sag in the Highwood Mountains of north-central Montana.

Derived words

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