- leucocratic
- лейкократовый, светлоокрашенный
* * *лейкократовый
English-Russian dictionary of geology. 2011.
English-Russian dictionary of geology. 2011.
leucocratic — |lükə|krad.ik adjective Etymology: German leukokrat leucocratic (from leuk leuc + krat, from Greek kratein to rule, prevail) + English ic; akin to Greek kratos strength more at hard of a mineral or rock : having a light color compare melanocratic … Useful english dictionary
leucocratic — /looh keuh krat ik/, adj. Geol. (of a rock) composed mainly of light colored minerals. [LEUCO + CRAT + IC] * * * … Universalium
leucocratic — leu·co·crat·ic … English syllables
leucocratic — /lukəˈkrætɪk/ (say loohkuh kratik) adjective composed predominantly of light coloured minerals. {leuco + crat + ic} …
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Gascoyne Complex — The Gascoyne Complex is a terrane of Proterozoic granite and metamorphic rock in the central western part of Western Australia. The complex outcrops at the exposed western end of the Capricorn Orogen, a 1,000 km long arcuate belt of folded,… … Wikipedia
igneous rock — Any of various crystalline or glassy, noncrystalline rocks formed by the cooling and solidification of molten earth material (magma). Igneous rocks comprise one of the three principal classes of rocks, the others being metamorphic and sedimentary … Universalium
mesocratic — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|krad.ik adjective Etymology: mes + cratic (as in leucocratic) of igneous rock : having nearly equal dark and light mineral constituents a mesocratic diorite compare leucocratic, melanocratic … Useful english dictionary
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