mugearite


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mugearite

[myü′jē·ə‚rīt]
(petrology)
A dark-colored, fine-grained igneous rock in which the chief feldspar is oligoclase, plus orthoclase and olivine with some apatite and opaque oxides; originates by differentiation and volcanic crystallization of the primary magma.
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