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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In petrography, a name given by von Lasaulx (1875) to a variety of gabbro composed of lime-soda feldspar and olivin, with a little diallage. Bonney has applied the name especially to the more or less serpentinized forms. Compare
forellenstein .
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- noun geology A rare type of
ultramafic intrusive rock, consisting primarily ofolivine andcalcic plagioclase
Etymologies
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From German Troktolit
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kmasback commented on the word troctolite
Ultramafic intrusive rock type
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troctolite
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/20/science/space/20moon.html?_r=1&ref=science
January 22, 2009