uncompahgrite

English

Etymology

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^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.