palagonite
/pəˈlaɡənʌɪt/Mineralogy and Geology
noun
A yellowish or brownish siliceous substance formed by the hydration and chemical alteration of basaltic glass, and occurring in vitreous basaltic tuffs that have undergone rapid chilling.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Charles Darwin (1809–1882), naturalist, geologist, and originator of the theory of natural selection. From German Palagonit from Palagonia, the name of a city in Sicily where the substance can be found + -it.
- serially
- serial marriage
- serial monogamist
- serial monogamy
- serial murderer
- serial number
- serial port
- serial position
- serial rapist
- serial reproduction
- serial rights
- serial section
- serial sectioning
- serial temperatures
- Serian
- seriate
- seriately
- seriatim
- seriation
- Seric
- sericeous
- sericic acid
- sericiculture
- sericiculturist
- sericin