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A common mineral occurring in monoclinic crystals, with a prismatic angle of nearly 90ยก, and also in massive forms which are often laminated. It varies in color from white to dark green and black, and includes many varieties differing in color and composition, as diopside, malacolite, salite, coccolite, augite, etc. They are all silicates of lime and magnesia with sometimes alumina and iron. Pyroxene is an essential constituent of many rocks, especially basic igneous rocks, as basalt, gabbro, etc.
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A greenish chloritic mineral common in certain igneous rocks, as diabase, as a result of alternation.
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One who adopts the geological theory of igneous fusion; a Plutonian. See Plutonism.
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An igneous rock consisting essentially of plagioclase and either leucite or nephelite, or both.
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Emitting sparks, or fine igneous particles; sparkling.
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Emitting sparks of fire when struck with steel; scintillating; as, ignescent stones.
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Having a slender elongated form, like a lath; -- said of the feldspar of certain igneous rocks, as diabase, as seen in microscopic sections.
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Pertaining to, having the nature of, fire; containing fire; resembling fire; as, an igneous appearance.
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An igneous rock consisting largely of chrysolite, with pyroxene and picotite (a variety of spinel containing chromium).
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A nearly opaque white mineral, in part identical with titanite, observed in some igneous rocks as the result of the alteration of titanic iron.
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A local name for the igneous rocks of Derbyshire, England; -- said by some to be derived from the German todter stein, meaning dead stone, that is, stone which contains no ores.
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Produced by fire; igneous.
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To emit sparks, or fine igneous particles.
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One who believes in the igneous, as opposed to the aqueous, origin of the rocks of the earth's crust; a vulcanist. Cf. Neptunist.
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A European aquatic toad (Bombinator igneus). Its back is dark; its belly is marked with crimson. Called also feuerkrote.
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An igneous rock, usually light gray in color and breaking with a rough surface. It consists chiefly of orthoclase feldspar with sometimes hornblende and mica.
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An old term rather loosely used to designate various dark-colored, heavy igneous rocks, including especially the feldspathic-augitic rocks, basalt, dolerite, amygdaloid, etc., but including also some kinds of diorite. Called also trap rock.
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A mass of igneous rock intruded between sedimentary beds and resulting in a mammiform bulging of the overlying strata.
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Resulting from, or produced by, the action of fire; as, lavas and basalt are igneous rocks.
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Produced by a volcano, or, more generally, by igneous agencies; as, volcanic tufa.
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