mimosite

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English

Noun

mimosite (countable and uncountable, plural mimosites)

  1. (mineralogy, archaic) A melanocratic basaltic rock.
  2. (mineralogy, archaic) A form of undersaturated picobasalt.

References

  • Le Maitre et al, Igneous Rocks: A Classification and Glossary of Terms.