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fem⋅ic

[fem-ik]
–adjective Petrology.
of or pertaining to a group of rock-forming minerals in which iron and magnesium are essential components.
Compare mafic.


Origin:
1900–05; < L fe(rrum) iron + m(agnesium) + -ic
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