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eucrite

[ yoo-krahyt ]

noun

Petrography.
  1. a basic gabbro consisting mainly of bytownite and augite.


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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of eucrite1

1895–1900; < German Eukrit < Greek úٴDz readily chosen, equivalent to eu- eu- + ó separated (verbid of ī́Ա𾱲 )
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The name eucrite has been given to gabbros in which the felspar is mainly anorthite; many of them also contain hypersthene or enstatite and olivine, while allivalites are anorthite-olivine rocks in which the two minerals occur in nearly equal proportions; harrisites have preponderating olivine, anorthite felspar and a little pyroxene.

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