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picrite
[ pik-rahyt ]
/ ˈpɪk raɪt /
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noun
a granular igneous rock composed chiefly of olivine and augite, but containing small amounts of feldspar.
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Origin of picrite
Words nearby picrite
picquet, picramic acid, picrate, picric, picric acid, picrite, picro-, picrotoxin, Pict, Pictish, pictogram
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How to use picrite in a sentence
These range from acid to ultrabasic types and include granite, augite-diorite, picrite and serpentine.
British Dictionary definitions for picrite
picrite
/ (ˈpɪkraɪt) /
noun
a coarse-grained ultrabasic igneous rock consisting of olivine and augite with small amounts of plagioclase feldspar
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