tsingtauite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A porphyritic granite with phenocrysts of orthoclase in a fine-grained groundmass of quartz and alkali feldspar having an evenly granular fabric.

Word forms

tsingtauite

Etymology

From Tsingtau (“Qingdao”) + -ite.

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