Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word
kelyphite. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
kelyphite, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
kelyphite in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
kelyphite you have here. The definition of the word
kelyphite will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of
kelyphite, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
English
Noun
kelyphite (plural kelyphites)
- (mineralogy) A substitution mineral found surrounding garnet in peridotites.
2000 May 19, Kenneth D. Collerson with et al., “Rocks from the Mantle Transition Zone: Majorite-Bearing Xenoliths from Malaita, Southwest Pacific”, in Science, volume 288, number 5469, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 1215–1223:Relationships shown in Fig. 3, B and C demonstrate that formation of the symplectite predated development of glassy kelyphite veins which formed by decompression melting during rapid ascent of the host alnöite.
2009, M. Obata, K. Ozawa, D. Spengler, American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2009, abstract #V44A-02:Kelyphite is a fine grained, fibrous and radially oriented mineral assembly surrounding partially retrogressed garnet.