pegmatite

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Pegmatite with blue corundum crystals

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Noun

pegmatite (countable and uncountable, plural pegmatites)

  1. A coarsely crystalline igneous or plutonic rock composed primarily of feldspar and quartz, normally with muscovite and/or biotite mica.

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French

Noun

pegmatite f (plural pegmatites)

  1. pegmatite

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Noun

pegmatite f (plural pegmatiti)

  1. (geology) pegmatite