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mon⋅zo⋅nite

[mon-zuh-nahyt]
–noun
any of a group of granular igneous rocks having approximately equal amounts of orthoclase and plagioclase feldspar, intermediate in composition between syenite and diorite.

Origin:
1880–85; < G Monzonit, named after Monzoni, mountain in Tyrol; see -ite 1


mon⋅zo⋅nit⋅ic [mon-zuh-nit-ik] , adjective
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mon·zo·nite   (mŏn-zō'nīt', mŏn'zə-nīt')   
n.  An igneous rock composed chiefly of plagioclase and orthoclase, with small amounts of other minerals.

[French, after Mount Monzoni in northeast Italy.]
mon'zo·nit'ic (mŏn'zə-nĭt'ĭk) adj.
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