hypersthenite
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
hypersthene + -ite
Noun[edit]
hypersthenite (countable and uncountable, plural hypersthenites)
- (mineralogy) A more or less coarsely crystalline igneous rock, allied to gabbro; an aggregate of labradorite (feldspar) and hypersthene, of plutonic origin.