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ophite
oph·ite O0095000 (ŏf′īt′, ō′fīt′)n. Any of various mottled greenish rocks, such as serpentinite.
[Middle English ophites, from Latin ophītēs, from Greek ophītēs (lithos), serpentlike (stone), from ophis, serpent.]ophite (ˈəʊfaɪt) n (Geological Science) any of several greenish mottled rocks with ophitic texture, such as dolerite and diabase[C17: from Latin ophītēs, from Greek, from ophis snake: because the mottled appearance resembles the markings of a snake]oph•ite (ˈɒf aɪt, ˈoʊ faɪt)
n. a diabase in which elongate crystals of plagioclase are embedded in pyroxene. [1350–1400; Middle English ophites < Latin ophītēs serpentine stone < Greek ophitēs (líthos)] o•phit•ic (ō fit′ik), adj. ophite
ophite[′ä‚fīt] (petrology) A diabase in which the ophitic structure is retained even though the pyroxene is altered to uralite. |