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单词 hornfels
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hornfelsn.

/ˈhɔːnfɛls/
Etymology: < German hornfels, < horn horn + fels rock.
Geology.
A fine-grained, non-schistose rock composed mainly of quartz, micas, and feldspars and formed by the contact metamorphism of an argillaceous rock.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > metamorphic rock > [noun] > other metamorphics
quartzite1823
mica-schist1826
amphibolite1833
hornfels1854
phthanite1854
hornblendite1874
psammite1882
tourmaline-rock1882
tourmaline-schist1882
jasperoid1898
skarn1901
metagabbro1904
metabasite1907
verdite1908
rodingite1911
siallite1933
tonstein1961
greenlandite1981
1854 J. D. Dana Syst. Mineral. (ed. 4) II. 246 The Hornfels of the Germans is a massive compound of quartz and feldspar breaking with a smooth flinty fracture.
1888 J. J. H. Teall Brit. Petrogr. xii. 374 We use the term hornfels instead of its etymological equivalent, hornstone, because in many cases the rocks termed hornfels are distinctly crystalline and not at all like what is commonly termed hornstone in this country.
1899 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. 76 ii. 565 Anal. II is of an adinole or hornfels in contact with the granite.

Derivatives

ˈhornfels v. transitive to metamorphose (a rock) to hornfels.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > metamorphism > [verb (transitive)] > others
hornfels1901
1901 Rep. Brit. Assoc. 634 The Old Red Sandstone is indurated and often hornfelsed to a varying distance from the margin.
ˈhornfelsed adj. /ˈhɔːnfɛlst//ˈhɔːnfɛlzd/
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > metamorphism > [adjective] > others
flintifying1799
flintified1880
hornfelsed1922
rodingitized1971
1922 Nature 12 Jan. 62/1 Hornfelsed green rocks.
1947 Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. 102 395 The hornfelsed graywacke is slightly silicated.
1970 G. Newall et al. Mechanism of Igneous Intrusion iv. 49 The granite is in contact with hornfelsed pillow lavas.
hornˈfelsic adj. composed of, or having the character of, hornfels.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > metamorphic rock > [adjective] > other metamorphics
quartzitic1849
psammitic1882
phyllitic1888
siallitic1933
hornfelsic1951
rodingitic1953
1951 F. J. Turner & J. Verhoogen Igneous & Metamorphic Petrol. xv. 373 Structure is typically granoblastic (hornfelsic) or maculose.
1965 G. J. Williams Econ. Geol. N.Z. vii. 73/2 The conglomerates are quartzose in some places, and elsewhere contain granite, greywacke and hornfelsic components.
ˈhornfelsing n.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > metamorphism > [noun] > others
flintifying1799
anthracitization1875
marmarosis1882
granitization1893
marmorosis1909
amphibolitization1918
hybridization1926
hornfelsing1930
amphibolization1932
diaphthoresis1932
metagenetic1963
rodingitization1971
1930 B. N. Peach & J. Horne Chapters Geol. Scotl. ii. 70 The hornfelsing of the orthogneisses.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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