uncompahgrite
English
editEtymology
editUncompahgre + -ite
Noun
edituncompahgrite (countable and uncountable, plural uncompahgrites)
- (mineralogy) A coarse-grained melilitic rock containing more than 10% pyroxene.
References
edit- 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
edit- Mindat.org[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.