domiten.
/ˈdəʊmʌɪt/ Mineralogy.
A light-grey variety of trachyte.
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1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. (citing Phillips).
1835 Penny Cycl. III. 158/2 The Puys de Dôme, formed of a particular kind of rock, which has thence been named domite.
1879 F. Rutley Study of Rocks xii. 226 The name domite..has been applied to trachytes which contain a high percentage of silica.
Derivatives
doˈmitic adj. composed of domite.
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1858 G. P. Scrope Geol. Central France (ed. 2) 67 The origin of all these domitic hills.
1881 J. W. Judd Volcanoes v. 126.
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