charnockite
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[edit]Noun
[edit]charnockite (countable and uncountable, plural charnockites)
- (mineralogy) An orthopyroxene-bearing quartz-feldspar rock.
- 2016 January 27, “Critical Analysis of Forest Degradation in the Southern Eastern Ghats of India: Comparison of Satellite Imagery and Soil Quality Index”, in PLOS ONE[1], :
- Geologically, the EG consist of charnockite with minor bands of pyroxin granulate and magnetite quartzite.