muscovitizedadj.
/ˈmʌskəvᵻtʌɪzd/, U.S. /ˈməskəvəˌtaɪzd/ Geology.
Converted into muscovite.
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phosphated1802
sericitized1889
muscovitized1897
mylonized1901
saussuritized1907
scapolitized1909
uralitized1909
mylonitized1910
nephelinized1943
spilitized1962
1897 Amer. Naturalist 31 1053 The andesite is often muscovitized, all of its constituents but augite and orthoclase passing over into aggregates of muscovite apparently with great ease.
1944 Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. 99 118 In slices they show..scattered plates of partly chloritized or muscovitized biotite.
1965 G. J. Williams Econ. Geol. N.Z. xiii. 200/1 The granite in the general area of the Tin Range is more or less muscovitized.
2000 Chem. Geol. 165 181 An example of the application of this technique to muscovitised granitic fault rocks in the external western Alps is presented.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1897