cornubianite

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English

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Etymology

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From Cornubian +‎ -ite.

Noun

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cornubianite (countable and uncountable, plural cornubianites)

  1. (mineralogy) A dark-blue laminated rock found in Cornwall with granite.
    • 1888, Jethro Justinian Harms Teall, British Petrography: With Special Reference to the Igneous Rocks:
      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.

Descendants

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  • → Catalan: cornubianita
  • → Italian: cornubianite

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