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picrite(dictionary)

picrite (iou)



picrite noun. E19.
[from Greek pikros bitter + -ITE1.]
1. Mineralogy. = DOLOMITE. rare. Only in 19.
2. Geology. A dark ultrabasic igneous rock, generally hypabyssal, containing abundant olivine together with other esp. ferromagnesian minerals. M19.
picritic adjective M20.