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单词 pegmatite
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pegmatiten.

Brit. /ˈpɛɡmətʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈpɛɡməˌtaɪt/
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French pegmatite.
Etymology: < French pegmatite (J. A. H. Lucas Tableau méthodique des espèces minerales, seconde partie (1813) 523, citing use by Tondi in 1811) < ancient Greek πηγματ- , πῆγμα , in sense of ‘something joined together or congealed’ (see pegma n.) + French -ite -ite suffix1.
Geology.
A coarsely crystallized rock commonly occurring in igneous intrusions, esp. dykes, and consisting mainly of feldspar and quartz, with the crystals often forming a graphic surface pattern.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > igneous rock > [noun] > plutonic rocks > granite > varieties of
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1824 T. Say in W. H. Keating Narr. Exped. St. Peter's River II. App. i. §1. 365 The only rock composed by the union of these two principles which we did not observe..is the graphic granite (Pegmatite, Haüy).
1832 C. Darwin in Life & Lett. (1887) I. 238 At Bahia the pegmatite and gneiss in beds had the same direction.
1871 Amer. Naturalist 5 461 The great gneissic area..is cut by numerous veins of pegmatite, holding garnet, tourmaline and beryl.
1957 H. S. Zim & P. R. Shaffer Rocks & Minerals 56 Olframite..is a mineral of quartz veins and pegmatites.
1993 Jrnl. Petrol. 34 840 Mafic enclaves are observed at some localities, and aplite/pegmatite veins cut across some outcrops.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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