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Meaning of kelyphite | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A substitution mineral found surrounding garnet in peridotites.

Examples

“Relationships shown in Fig. 3, B and C demonstrate that formation of the symplectite predated development of glassy kelyphite veins which formed by decompression melting during rapid ascent of the host alnöite.”

“Kelyphite is a fine grained, fibrous and radially oriented mineral assembly surrounding partially retrogressed garnet.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

Kem Kemal Kemalism Kemalist Kemaman kemanak