eucrite

[ yoo-krahyt ]

nounPetrography.
  1. a basic gabbro consisting mainly of bytownite and augite.

Origin of eucrite

1
1895–1900; <German Eukrit<Greek eúkritos readily chosen, equivalent to eu-eu- + kritós separated (verbid of krī́nein)

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