APHANITE
\ɐfˈana͡ɪt], \ɐfˈanaɪt], \ɐ_f_ˈa_n_aɪ_t]\
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A very compact, dark-colored ock, consisting of hornblende, or pyroxene, and feldspar, but neither of them in perceptible grains.
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A very compact, dark-colored ock, consisting of hornblende, or pyroxene, and feldspar, but neither of them in perceptible grains.
By Noah Webster.
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A compact sort of trap-rock, consisting of hornblende, quartz, and felspar so intimately combined that they cannot be individually distinguished.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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