charnockite

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charnockite (countable and uncountable, plural charnockites)

  1. (mineralogy) An orthopyroxene-bearing quartz-feldspar rock.
    • 2016 January 27, “Critical Analysis of Forest Degradation in the Southern Eastern Ghats of India: Comparison of Satellite Imagery and Soil Quality Index”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
      Geologically, the EG consist of charnockite with minor bands of pyroxin granulate and magnetite quartzite.

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