migmatite
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English
Etymology
From Swedish migmatit, from Ancient Greek μίγμα (mígma, “mixture”) + Swedish -it (“-ite”).
Pronunciation
Noun
migmatite (plural migmatites)
- (geology) Any rock of mixed appearance, being an intimate mixture of granite and older rock, specifically from intense metamorphism which partially melts the rock, causing it to recrystallize in a state intermediate between igneous and metamorphic.
- 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 163:
- More specifically, many of these rocks are described as migmatites, in which the pink veins seem to blend insensibly into a kind of swirling granite.
Translations
Intimate mixture of granite and older rock
French
Noun
migmatite f (plural migmatites)
Further reading
- “migmatite”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.