Anchimonomineral
Term · Industrial and trades · MLC-T-IND-006750
Describing a rock composed almost entirely of a single mineral. The dominant mineral makes up a very high proportion of the rock's volume, with only trace amounts of other accessory minerals. A rock is classified as anchimonomineralic when the primary mineral constitutes over 90 percent of its composition, such as in high-purity dunite or anorthosite.
| Identifier | MLC-T-IND-006750 |
|---|---|
| Field | Industrial and trades |
| Subject | Mining and extraction |
| References | anchimonomineral Definition & Meaning (Merriam-Webster) |
| Translations | German: Anchimonomineral; Spanish: anquimonomineral; French: anchimonominéral |
Record as JSON
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Record 203 of 7,361 in Industrial and trades terminology (MLC-0113). Request the full dataset.