cornubianite

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noun

A dark-blue laminated rock found in Cornwall with granite.

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Meanings

nouncornubianite (countable and uncountable, plural cornubianites)

plural cornubianites

  1. countableuncountablechemistryA dark-blue laminated rock found in Cornwall with granite.

    Thus Dr. Boase (1) proposed the terms cornubianite and proteolite for certain varieties of rock occurring near the junctions of the sedimentary rocks and the granite.

    1888, Jethro Justinian Harms Teall, British Petrography: With Special Reference to the Igneous Rocks

Origin

From Cornubian + -ite.

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APA

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Chicago

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