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Definition of igneous
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Igneous
(a.)
Pertaining
to,
having
the
nature
of, fire;
containing
fire;
resembling
fire; as, an
igneous
appearance..
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Ligneous
::
Ligneous
(a.) Made of wood;
consisting
of wood; of the
nature
of, or
resembling,
wood;
woody..
Dike
::
Dike (n.) A
wall-like
mass of
mineral
matter,
usually
an
intrusion
of
igneous
rocks,
filling
up rents or
fissures
in the
original
strata..
Scintillate
::
Scintillate
(v. i.) To emit
sparks,
or fine
igneous
particles..
Viridite
::
Viridite
(n.) A
greenish
chloritic
mineral
common
in
certain
igneous
rocks,
as
diabase,
as a
result
of
alternation..
Gabbro
::
Gabbro
(n.) A name
originally
given by the
Italians
to a kind of
serpentine,
later to the rock
called
euphotide,
and now
generally
used for a
coarsely
crystalline,
igneous
rock
consisting
of
lamellar
pyroxene
(diallage)
and
labradorite,
with
sometimes
chrysolite
(olivine
gabbro)..
Augite
::
Augite
(n.) A
variety
of
pyroxene,
usually
of a black or dark green
color,
occurring
in
igneous
rocks,
such as
basalt;
-- also used
instead
of the
general
term
pyroxene..
Pyroligneous
::
Pyroligneous
(a.) Alt. of
Pyroligni.
Lath-shaped
::
Lath-shaped
(a.)
Having
a
slender
elongated
form, like a lath; -- said of the
feldspar
of
certain
igneous
rocks,
as
diabase,
as seen in
microscopic
sections..
Igneous
::
Igneous
(a.)
Resulting
from, or
produced
by, the
action
of fire; as, lavas and
basalt
are
igneous
rocks..
Albite
::
Albite
(n.) A
mineral
of the
feldspar
family,
triclinic
in
crystallization,
and in
composition
a
silicate
of
alumina
and soda. It is a
common
constituent
of
granite
and of
various
igneous
rocks.
See
Feldspar..
Pyroxene
::
Pyroxene
(n.) A
common
mineral
occurring
in
monoclinic
crystals,
with a
prismatic
angle of
nearly
90ยก, and also in
massive
forms which are often
laminated.
It
varies
in color from white to dark green and
black,
and
includes
many
varieties
differing
in color and
composition,
as
diopside,
malacolite,
salite,
coccolite,
augite,
etc. They are all
silicates
of lime and
magnesia
with
sometimes
alumina
and iron.
Pyroxene
is an
essential
constituent
of many
rocks,
especially
basic
igneous
rocks,
as basa
Woody
::
Woody (a.)
Consisting
of, or
containing,
wood or woody
fiber;
ligneous;
as, the woody parts of
plants..
Ditroite
::
Ditroite
(n.) An
igneous
rock
composed
of
orthoclase,
elaeolite,
and
sodalite..
Dolerite
::
Dolerite
(n.) A
dark-colored,
basic,
igneous
rock,
composed
essentially
of
pyroxene
and a
triclinic
feldspar
with
magnetic
iron. By many
authors
it is
considered
equivalent
to a
coarse-grained
basalt..
Sida
::
Sida (n.) A genus of
malvaceous
plants
common
in the
tropics.
All the
species
are
mucilaginous,
and some have tough
ligneous
fibers
which are used as a
substitute
for hemp and
flax..
Pyrogenous
::
Pyrogenous
(a.)
Produced
by fire;
igneous.
Plutonism
::
Plutonism
(n.) The
theory,
early
advanced
in
geology,
that the
successive
rocks of the
earth's
crust were
formed
by
igneous
fusion;
--
opposed
to the
Neptunian
theory..
Diabase
::
Diabase
(n.) A
basic,
dark-colored,
holocrystalline,
igneous
rock,
consisting
essentially
of a
triclinic
feldspar
and
pyroxene
with
magnetic
iron; -- often
limited
to rocks
pretertiary
in age. It
includes
part of what was early
called
greenstone..
Volcanist
::
Volcanist
(n.) One who
believes
in the
igneous,
as
opposed
to the
aqueous,
origin
of the rocks of the
earth's
crust;
a
vulcanist.
Cf.
Neptunist..
Pitchstone
::
Pitchstone
(n.) An
igneous
rock of
semiglassy
nature,
having
a
luster
like
pitch..
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