garnetiferous
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of garnetiferous
Example Sentences
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A course gneiss is the predominant rock, but is associated with garnetiferous mica-schists and much intrusive granite.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various
Hypersthene and scapolite both may occur in these rocks and they are sometimes garnetiferous.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various
The Himalayan and crystalline zone is essentially composed of foliated and banded biotite-gneiss, usually garnetiferous, on which lie, at comparatively low angles and with a general Northerly dip, the above-mentioned calc-gneisses.
From Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 by Howard-Bury, Charles Kenneth
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