charnockite

charnockite

English

Noun

charnockite (countable and uncountable, plural charnockites)

1. (mineralogy) An orthopyroxene-bearing quartz-feldspar rock.
   • 2016 January 27, “Critical Analysis of Forest Degradation in the Southern Eastern Ghats of India: Comparison of Satellite Imagery and Soil Quality Index”, in PLOS ONE‎, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0147541:

     Geologically, the EG consist of charnockite with minor bands of pyroxin granulate and magnetite quartzite.