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cornubianite Min.|kɔːˈnjuːbɪənaɪt| Also Cornubiate. [f. Cornubian, Cornish, f. Cornubia, Cornwall (see Cornish) + -ite.] A hard dark blue laminated rock found in Cornwall with granite.
1878Lawrence tr. Cotta's Rocks Class. 230 Naumann has collected into one class, under the name of ‘Cornubiates,’ several exceptional varieties of gneiss. 1879Rutley Study Rocks xii. 213 Cornubianite (proteolite) is a compact granular-scaly condition of gneiss. |