Definitions
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- noun geology A form of
granite found in southeastern Finland.
Etymologies
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From Finnish rapakivi.
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Examples
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In the southwest the underlying bedrock is granite and gneiss, in the north and east there are magmatic rocks including reddish rapakivi granite, gabbro and anorthosite.
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Proterozoic granites of the Llano Uplift, Texas: A collision-related suite containing rapakivi and topaz granites
hernesheir commented on the word rapakivi
See the better definition at rapakiwi.
February 6, 2013