limburgite

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noun

A dark volcanic rock resembling basalt and consisting essentially of olivine and augite with a brownish glassy groundmass.

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Meanings

nounlimburgite (countable and uncountable, plural limburgites)

plural limburgites

  1. countableuncountableA dark volcanic rock resembling basalt and consisting essentially of olivine and augite with a brownish glassy groundmass.

Origin

From Limburg + -ite.

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APA

limburgite. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/limburgite

MLA

“limburgite.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/limburgite. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “limburgite,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/limburgite.

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