单词 | eurite |
释义 | euriten. Mineralogy. ‘A variety of syenite occurring near Christiania, of a blue colour and stratified’. (Watts.) ΚΠ 1847 J. Craig New Universal Dict. Eurite, White-stone, the Weiss-stein of Werner. A variety of granite, in which felspar predominates. 1852 T. Ross tr. A. von Humboldt Personal Narr. Trav. Amer. I. xv. 490 (note) Talkschiefer of Werner, without garnets or serpentine; not eurite or weisstein. 1879 F. Rutley Study of Rocks xii. 214 The eurites proper are more easily fusible than the felstones. Derivatives euˈritic adj. ΚΠ 1844 C. Darwin Geol. Observ. (1876) ii. xix. 470 Near the Pacific, the mountain-ranges are generally formed of syenite or granite, or an allied euritic porphyry. 1879 F. Rutley Study of Rocks x. 152 A globular condition of silica..occurring in the euritic porphyries of Les Settons. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < |
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