troctolite
English
Etymology
From German Troktolit
Noun
troctolite (usually uncountable, plural troctolites)
- (geology) A rare type of ultramafic intrusive rock, consisting primarily of olivine and calcic plagioclase
- 2009, January 16, “Ian Garrick-Bethell et al.”, in Early Lunar Magnetism, volume 323, number 5912, DOI: :
- Here, we report a magnetic study of an unshocked ancient rock with a well-constrained thermal history, troctolite 76535.
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Derived terms
- troctolitic