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charnockite Petrogr.|ˈtʃɑːnəkaɪt|
[f. the name of Job Charnock (d. 1693), founder of Calcutta, whose tombstone is made of this rock, + -ite1 2 b.]
Hypersthene-granite; any of a series of rocks containing hypersthene and typically found near Madras. Hence charnoˈckitic a.
1893T. H. Holland in Jrnl. Asiatic Soc. Bengal LXII. ii. 164 As this is a new type of rock..I would suggest for it the name of Charnockite, in honour of the founder of Calcutta. 1937Geogr. Jrnl. LXXXIX. 541 The rock is charnockite. This term indicates an igneous rock which was intruded into the Archaean gneisses and schists. 1939Ibid. XCIII. 533 He found altered charnockitic gneisses. |