释义 |
saxonite Geol.|ˈsæksənaɪt| [f. saxon-y + -ite.] A name proposed for a group of peridotite rocks composed of olivine and enstatite.
1884Wadsworth Lithol. Studies 85 It is, then, proposed here to designate all these rocks by the term saxonite, from the country in which the terrestrial form was first so well described by Dathe. |