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eucrite

[ yoo-krahyt ]

noun

, Petrography.
  1. a basic gabbro consisting mainly of bytownite and augite.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of eucrite1

1895–1900; < German Eukrit < Greek eúkritos readily chosen, equivalent to eu- eu- + kritós separated (verbid of krī́nein )

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