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.
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