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domite Min.|ˈdəʊmaɪt|
[f. Puy de Dôme in Auvergne.]
A light-grey variety of trachyte.
1828Webster cites Phillips. 1835Penny Cycl. III. 158/2 The Puys de Dôme, formed of a particular kind of rock, which has thence been named domite. 1879Rutley Study Rocks xii. 226 The name domite..has been applied to trachytes which contain a high percentage of silica.
Hence doˈmitic a., composed of domite.
1858G. P. Scrope Geol. Centr. France (ed. 2) 67 The origin of all these domitic hills. 1881Judd Volcanoes v. 126. |