单词 | kentallenite |
释义 | kentalleniten. Geology. An olivine-bearing monzonite. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > igneous rock > [noun] > other igneous clay-stone1777 variolite1781 pyroxenite1845 aplite1862 anorthosite1863 teschenite1866 yellow ground1883 kimberlite1887 sanidinite1887 websterite1890 essexite1891 monzonite1895 missourite1896 theralite1898 heronite1899 kentallenite1900 carbonatite1924 wonderstone1936 1900 Hill & Kynaston in Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. LVI. 532 Taking..the Kentallen rock as our type, we propose that the term kentallenite should be substituted for olivine-monzonite. Kentallenite may be briefly defined as a coarse or medium-grained holocrystalline rock, consisting of olivine and augite, with orthoclase, plagioclase, and biotite in varying proportions. 1960 E. B. Bailey et al. Geol. Ben Nevis & Glen Coe (ed. 2) xv. 192 The handsome black kentallenite, once worked as an ornamental stone, is pierced by a few white felspathic segregations. 1969 Scottish Jrnl. Geol. 5 11 Kentallenite is a pyroxenic member of the dominantly hornblendic Appinite Suite..of the British Caledonian calc-alkaline igneous province. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < |
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