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Meaning of monchiquite | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

A black, basaltic igneous rock consisting of a ground mass of automorphic augite and magnetite with many embedded phenocrysts, usually of olivine.

countable, uncountable

Examples

“It resembles the analcite basalts of the Highwood Mountains, in Montana, and the monchiquites of Brazil.”
“Seven samples from monchiquite dykes analysed chemically by Upton et al. (1992), including trace elements and, for three rocks, Sr and Nd isotope data, were classified on chemical grounds as olivine melanephelinite […]”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

monchong Monchy Moncion Monck moncke Moncks Corner

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