cornubianite
English
Etymology
Cornubian + -ite
Noun
cornubianite (countable and uncountable, plural cornubianites)
- (mineralogy) A dark-blue laminated rock found in Cornwall with granite.
- 1888, Jethro Justinian Harms Teall, British Petrography: With Special Reference to the Igneous Rocks:
- Thus Dr. Boase (1) proposed the terms cornubianite and proteolite for certain varieties of rock occurring near the junctions of the sedimentary rocks and the granite.
-
Anagrams
- reincubation