单词 | alnöite |
释义 | alnöiten. Geology. A dark, alkaline, intrusive igneous rock chiefly composed of augite, biotite, and olivine phenocrysts in a groundmass of augite and melilite. ΚΠ 1888 Nature 15 Mar. 459/2 New rock-names [in Rosenbusch Mikroskopische Physiogr. der Mineralien u. Gesteine] are Tholeiite (p. 504) and Alnöite (p. 805). 1924 J. G. A. Skerl tr. A. Wegener Orig. Continents & Oceans iv. 45 He found no fewer than five parallels, namely..the older granite,..kimberlite, alnöite etc. 1988 Nature 17 Mar. 253/2 Lamprophyres are a diverse ‘clan’ of..alkaline igneous rocks, here taken to include..ultramafic lamprophyres (such as alnoites). 2002 New Scientist 17 Aug. 50/3 They could then have risen to the surface some 34 million years ago via pipes of alnöite—a type of igneous rock. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1888 |
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