cornubianite

English

Etymology

From Cornubian +‎ -ite.

Noun

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

• → Catalan: cornubianita
• → Italian: cornubianite

Anagrams

• reincubation