monzonite
English
A piece of monzonite
Etymology
From Monzoni in the Italian Tyrol, + -ite.
Noun
monzonite (countable and uncountable, plural monzonites)
- (geology) An intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of plagioclase and orthoclase
- 2015, N. K. Jemisin, The Fifth Season, Orbit (2016), page 277:
- Crumbling silvery stone beneath her hand and in front of her face: monzonite, maybe, or one of the lesser schists.
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