Meaning of leptynitic | Babel Free

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Refers to a fine-grained, typically light-colored metamorphic rock primarily composed of quartz and feldspar, often associated with high-grade metamorphic processes.

Examples

“I have found the same regularity in the striation on the transition slate of the shores of Mjosen lake; on the leptynitic gneiss of the valley of Guldbrandsdalen, where I have, at the same time, seen exceedingly well characterised moraines; …”

“Leptynitic garnet-biotite gneisses in the central and northern part of the Neoproterozoic Kerala Khondalite Belt KKB in southern India were regarded as the main source rocks for garnet-bearing leucogranites (Braun and Raith, 1994).”

“This leptnitic mound is semi-weathered and the nature of the weathering is unlike to that of the die khondalite bodies.”

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