[
US
/ˈpɛɡməˌtaɪt/
]
NOUN
- a form of igneous rock consisting of extremely coarse granite resulting from the crystallization of magma rich in rare elements
How To Use pegmatite In A Sentence
- Acicular crystals and crystal aggregates of pyrolusite are found in vugs in the pegmatites of the district.
- Apatite is the most common phosphate mineral found in granitic pegmatites.
- Nb-dominant kupletskite and, similarly, Zr-rich astrophyllite in the altered pegmatites are thought to be extremely late-stage phases, the result of remobilization of Nb and Zr by postmagmatic deuteric fluids.
- In graphic granite and in pegmatites, perthite is of common occurrence.
- A fellow that he knows showed us a bucketful of aquamarines and two large garnets and then took us for a short walk to the pegmatites on his farm.
- The latter do not include typical pegmatite minerals and appear mainly along the tectonic fractures present at this locality.
- They collected several pegmatite pockets in which topaz was associated with both clear and smoky quartz, microcline, albite, muscovite, fluorite, and cassiterite.
- The dark green color of the emerald required chromium, an element not normally found in granitic pegmatites but often in good supply in ultramafics.
- He went up and took a look at the cliff and rock chimneys above the pegmatites, but he didn't like heights.
- They collected several pegmatite pockets in which topaz was associated with both clear and smoky quartz, microcline, albite, muscovite, fluorite, and cassiterite.