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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PEGMATITE

From Greek pegma something joined together.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PEGMATITE

pegmatite  [ˈpɛɡməˌtaɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PEGMATITE

noun
adjective
verb
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pegmatite is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PEGMATITE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

pegmatite

Pegmatite

A pegmatite is a holocrystalline, intrusive igneous rock composed of interlocking phaneritic crystals usually larger than 2.5 cm in size; such rocks are referred to as pegmatitic. Most pegmatites are composed of quartz, feldspar and mica, having a similar basic composition as granite. Rarer intermediate composition and mafic pegmatites containing amphibole, Ca-plagioclase feldspar, pyroxene, feldspathoids and other unusual minerals are known, found in recrystallised zones and apophyses associated with large layered intrusions. Crystal size is the most striking feature of pegmatites, with crystals usually over 5 cm in size. Individual crystals over 10 metres across have been found, and many of the world's largest crystals were found within pegmatites. These include, spodumene, microcline, beryl, and tourmaline. Similarly, crystal texture and form within pegmatitic rock may be taken to extreme size and perfection. Feldspar within a pegmatite may display exaggerated and perfect twinning, exsolution lamellae, and when affected by hydrous crystallization, macroscale graphic texture is known, with feldspar and quartz intergrown.

Definition of pegmatite in the English dictionary

The definition of pegmatite in the dictionary is any of a class of exceptionally coarse-grained intrusive igneous rocks consisting chiefly of quartz and feldspar: often occurring as dykes among igneous rocks of finer grain.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PEGMATITE


airtight
ˈɛəˌtaɪt
apatite
ˈæpəˌtaɪt
biotite
ˈbaɪəˌtaɪt
carbonatite
kɑːˈbɒnəˌtaɪt
carnotite
ˈkɑːnəˌtaɪt
convertite
ˈkɒnvəˌtaɪt
enstatite
ˈɛnstəˌtaɪt
goniatite
ˈɡəʊnɪəˌtaɪt
haematite
ˈhiːməˌtaɪt
hepatite
ˈhɛpəˌtaɪt
hydroxyapatite
haɪˌdrɒksɪˈæpəˌtaɪt
hydroxylapatite
haɪˈdrɒksɪˈlæpəˌtaɪt
micropegmatite
ˌmaɪkrəʊˈpɛɡməˌtaɪt
migmatite
ˈmɪɡməˌtaɪt
pyrrhotite
ˈpɪrəˌtaɪt
shergottite
ˈʃɜːɡəˌtaɪt
spessartite
ˈspɛsəˌtaɪt
steatite
ˈstɪəˌtaɪt
syntagmatite
sɪnˈtæɡməˌtaɪt
watertight
ˈwɔːtəˌtaɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PEGMATITE

peg
peg box
peg climbing
peg down
peg leg
peg out
peg pants
peg top
peg-top
Pegasi
Pegasus
pegboard
pegbox
pegged
pegging
peggy
peglegged
pegless
peglike
pegmatitic

WORDS THAT END LIKE PEGMATITE

appetite
bipartite
celestite
cementite
fluorapatite
hematite
Hittite
magnetite
multipartite
partite
peridotite
petite
quadripartite
ratite
smectite
stalactite
tektite
tite
transvestite
tripartite

Synonyms and antonyms of pegmatite in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «pegmatite» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PEGMATITE

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The translations of pegmatite from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pegmatite» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

伟晶岩
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pegmatita
570 millions of speakers

English

pegmatite
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

pegmatite
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

البغماتيت ضرب من الغرنيت
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

пегматит
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pegmatitos
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

pegmatite
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pegmatite
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pegmatite
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Pegmatit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ペグマタイト
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

페그마타이트
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pegmatite
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

pegmatit
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

pegmatite
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पेगमैटाइट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

pegmatit
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pegmatite
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pegmatyt
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

пегматит
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pegmatite
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

pegmatite
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

pegmatite
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

pegmatit
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pegmatitt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pegmatite

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PEGMATITE»

The term «pegmatite» is regularly used and occupies the 90.227 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PEGMATITE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pegmatite

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PEGMATITE»

Discover the use of pegmatite in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pegmatite and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Pegmatite investigations in Colorado, Wyoming and Utah 1942-1944
The contacts between the pegmatite and wall rock are gradational. The contact is more definite along the footwall than along the hanging wall, where the gradation from schist to pegmatite may occur over a distance of 5 feet. In general the ...
John Bernard Hanley, 1950
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Connecticut Mining
Pegmatites have been mined in Connecticut since 1825. Pegmatite is defined as an intrusive igneous rock, which means it was once hot molten rock forced into cracks or between layers of rock where it slowly cooled and formed large crystals.
John A. Pawloski, 2006
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Geology and Petrochemistry of Granitic Pegmatite in Jema’a ...
CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 General Statement The topic of the research is: the Geology and the petrochemistry of granitic pegmatites in Jema'a pegmatite field, Kaduna State. The area is located within longitude 8o 11' to 8o 23' ...
Ahmed Isah Haruna, 2012
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Rock-forming Minerals
The rare co-occurrence in thin sections of the three anhydrous Li- aluminosilicates spodumene, petalite and eucryptite has been recorded from aplite-pegmatite dykes in the Covas de Barroso district of northern Portugal. Spodumene was an ...
William Alexander Deer, Robert Andrew Howie, 2004
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Progress in Metamorphic and Magmatic Petrology: A Memorial ...
crystallization of the residual melts - their formation is related to the liquid immiscibi- lity in these melts and the separation of certain fluid (pegmatite) melts, as has long been noted by researchers (Smith, 1948) and supported by geological ...
L. L. Perchuk, 2004
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Ilímaussaq Alkaline Complex, South Greenland: An Overview of ...
pegmatite is the lowermost exposed part of the IHmaussaq complex. It contains xenoliths of augite syenite rimmed by amphibole and clinopyroxene crystals. A large mass of slumped kakortokite has been mapped in the exposed layered ...
Henning Sorensen, 2006
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Giant Metallic Deposits: Future Sources of Industrial Metals
Figure 8.11. Uis tinfield, SW Namibia, typical Sn- pegmatite cross-section. From LITHOTHEQUE No. 292, modified after Richards (1986). 1. Regolith that includes cassiterite placers; 2. 550–460 Ma pegmatite swarm; M1. One of ~100 bodies of ...
Peter Laznicka, 2010
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The ICDP-USGS Deep Drilling Project in the Chesapeake Bay ...
JWH 128 1616.42 5303.20 Quartz vein with planar fractures JWH 95 1623.53 5326.55 Cataclastic pegmatite, quartz-rich zone JWH 62 1628.14 5341.80 Chlorite–mica schist JWH 63 1639.46 5379.25 Schist with porphyroblasts JWH 129 ...
Gregory S. Gohn, 2009
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Geological Survey Professional Paper
At outcrop V86, foliated granite and pegmatite containing blocks of border-facies rock suggest slightly younger movement of the silicic main part of the pluton along this part of the contact. The granite is medium grained (1-5 mm) to very coarse ...
Geological Survey (U.S.), 1988
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Field Guide to Rocks & Minerals of Southern Africa
At the Karlsbrunn pegmatite, 6.5 km south/southwest of the Albrechtshoe railway siding, high- grade lepidolite occurred with beryl and cleavelandite feldspar and rare petalite crystals that were up to 2.5 m long. A lepidolite- bearing pegmatite ...
Bruce Cairncross, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PEGMATITE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pegmatite is used in the context of the following news items.
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Eagle Plains Commences Exploration at Wollaston Project …
... overlain by calc-silicate and graphite-bearing metasedimentary rocks of the Wollaston Group, all of which have been intruded by pegmatite dykes and stocks. «Junior Mining Network, Jul 15»
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Skyharbour Intersects 0.172% U3O8 Over 2.5 Metres from 2015 …
The uranium and thorium mineralization is associated with pegmatite entrained in Wollaston Group pelitic and graphitic pelitic gneiss and ... «MarketWatch, Jul 15»
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Granite by Shannon Gugarty
Pegmatite, a type of granite, is also abundant on the hill. Wonderful gems, such as beryl, smoky quartz, feldspar, mica, hornblende, and ... «Sentinel & Enterprise, Jul 15»
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Tanaris Power Holdings Inc Signs Quebec Lithium Agreement
The properties are located in Quebec's two major lithium pegmatite districts and are centered on eight official occurrences listed in the ... «CNNMoney, Jul 15»
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Proactive news summary, including ZincOx Resources, Minera IRL …
Three distinct pegmatite belts up to 10 km long had already been identified through trench work, Premier added. Premier intends to assess ... «Proactive Investors UK, Jul 15»
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Premier African acquires exploration rights over tenements in Benin
Three distinct pegmatite belts up to 10 km long had already been identified through trench work. Premier will map the known artisanal sites ... «Proactive Investors UK, Jul 15»
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Premier African Minerals raises capital
... primarily to develop the Zulu Lithium and Tantalum project (the Zulu Project), which is a pegmatite with massive lithium mineralisation. «African Mining, Jul 15»
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Premier African Minerals raises £450,00 for work on lithium project
Zulu is a pegmatite formation with massive lithium mineralisation. “Ore bodies such as this lend themselves to rapid development through pilot ... «Proactive Investors UK, Jul 15»
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HLM Announces $450000 Financing
The deposit is an LCT (lithium- cesium- tantalum) type pegmatite. These types of pegmatites have been the principal source of hard rock lithium, tantalum, ... «Junior Mining Network, Jul 15»
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IM Lithium News in Brief 1 – 7 July
TSX-V-listed Houston Lake Mining Inc. has released the results of analysis on four infill drill holes at its Pak lithium pegmatite project in ... «Industrial Minerals, Jul 15»

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