kinzigiten.
/ˈkɪntsɪɡʌɪt/ Geology.
A metamorphic schistose rock containing garnet, biotite, and varying amounts of quartz, plagioclase, sillimanite, and cordierite.
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hornslate1791
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horn porphyry1794
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green schist1817
hornblende schist1821
kinzigite1878
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1878 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. 34 208 Garnet-graphite-gneiss was hitherto unknown [in the Black Forest],..being formerly known by the name of Kinzigite.
1882 A. Geikie Text-bk. Geol. 125 Kinzigite.
1947 Bull. Geol. Soc. Amer. 58 1024 The kinzigites of the Askainen-Lemu zone are fine- to medium-grained and contain garnet as well as cordierite.
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kinziˈgitic adj. containing kinzigite.
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1965 Mineral. Abstr. 17 227/2 A kinzigitic formation..occurs in the district of Miglierina (Catanzaro). This formation is composed of kinzigites, kinzigitic gneiss, and amphibolic kinzigites.
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