hornfels

See also: Hornfels

English

Borrowed from German Hornfels, literally "horn stone", after its frequent association with glacial "horn peaks" in the Alps.

hornfels (countable and uncountable, plural hornfelses or hornfels)

Any of a series of contact metamorphic rocks that have been baked and indurated by the heat of intrusive igneous masses and rendered massive, hard, splintery, and in some cases exceedingly tough and durable.

单词	hornfels
释义	hornfels See also: Hornfels English Etymology Borrowed from German Hornfels, literally "horn stone", after its frequent association with glacial "horn peaks" in the Alps. Noun hornfels (countable and uncountable, plural hornfelses or hornfels) Any of a series of contact metamorphic rocks that have been baked and indurated by the heat of intrusive igneous masses and rendered massive, hard, splintery, and in some cases exceedingly tough and durable.
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