English Explanatory Dictionary

trondhjemite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A leucocratic intrusive igneous rock, a variety of tonalite in which the plagioclase is mostly in the form of oligoclase.

Word forms

trondhjemite trondhjemites

Etymology

From Trondhjem + -ite.

Related words

plagiogranite

Derived words

tonalite-trondhjemite-granodiorite trondhjemitic
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