ultrabasic
(of rocks) containing iron and magnesium, with little or no silica.
Origin of ultrabasic
1- Also ultramafic.
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How to use ultrabasic in a sentence
These range from acid to ultrabasic types and include granite, augite-diorite, picrite and serpentine.
British Dictionary definitions for ultrabasic
/ (ˌʌltrəˈbeɪsɪk) /
(of such igneous rocks as peridotite) containing less than 45 per cent silica
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Scientific definitions for ultrabasic
[ ŭl′trə-bā′sĭk ]
Containing magnesium and iron and only a very small amount of silica. Used of igneous rock, and often used interchangeably with ultramafic. Peridotite is an ultrabasic rock.
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