petrographicallyadv.
/ˌpɛtrəˈɡrafᵻkli/, U.S. /ˌpɛtrəˈɡræfək(ə)li/ As regards petrography; using petrographic methods.
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1845 Jrnl. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 14 i. 286 Petrographically speaking, the rock passes from a green chloritic schist.
1875 tr. E. O. Schmidt Doctr. Descent & Darwinism v. 96 The deposit..may be divided into about 40 petrographically distinguishable layers.
1954 Jrnl. Geol. (Chicago) 62 52/1 Petrographically these sandstones are orthoquartzites.
1998 Meteoritics & Planetary Sci. 33 221 We examined petrographically a slab..that shows the typical pallasitic texture with fragmental olivine.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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