Augite
101ANDÉSITES ET BASALTES — Les andésites sont des roches volcaniques typiques des arcs insulaires et des marges continentales actives de type andin. On les rencontre associées dans ces zones à des basaltes riches en alumine (arcs insulaires) ou à des laves plus acides de… …
102shoshonite — ALASKA VOLCANO OBSERVATORY GLOSSARY A trachyandesite composed of olivine and augite phenocrysts in a groundmass of labradorite with alkali feldspar rims, olivine, augite, a small amount of leucite, and some dark colored glass …
103alnoite — ˈalnəˌwīt noun ( s) Etymology: German alnöit, from Alnö, island of Sweden, its locality + German it ite : a rare basaltic dike rock of the composition of a melilite basalt having phenocrysts of biotite, augite, and olivine in a groundmass of… …
104auganite — ˈȯgəˌnīt noun ( s) Etymology: augite + andesite : an olivine free basaltic rock whose essential minerals are calcic plagioclase and augite …
105augitite — ˈȯjəd.ˌīt, gə , əˌtīt noun ( s) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary augite + ite; probably originally formed as German augitit : an extrusive porphyritic rock consisting essentially of augite with small amounts of amphibole magnetite… …
106augitophyre — ȯˈjid.əˌfī(ə)r noun ( s) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary augite + o + phyre : a porphyritic rock with augite phenocrysts in a groundmass of potash feldspar …
107leucaugite — (ˈ)lük+ noun Etymology: leuc + augite : a white or grayish augite that resembles diopside …
108navite — ˈnāˌvīt noun ( s) Etymology: German navit, from Latin Nava Nahe river, Germany + German it ite : a mineral consisting of a coarse grained olivine basalt with phenocrysts of altered olivine and a little augite and basic plagioclase in a… …
109titanaugite — |tītən+ noun Etymology: German titanaugit, from titan (from New Latin titanium) + augit augite (from Latin augites) : a basaltic augite rich in titanium and usually alkali …
110au|git|ic — « JIHT ihk», adjective. 1. of or containing augite. 2. resembling augite …
