uncompahgrite

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English

Etymology

From Uncompahgre +‎ -ite.

Noun

uncompahgrite (countable and uncountable, plural uncompahgrites)

  1. (mineralogy) A coarse-grained melilitic rock containing more than 10% pyroxene.

References

  • Esper S. Larsen, E. A. Goranson, The deuteric and later alterations of the uncompahgrite of Iron Hill, Colorado, in American Mineralogist (1932) 17 (7): 343–356.

Further reading

  • Mindat.org, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2025.