monzonite

English

Etymology

From Monzoni in the Italian Tyrol, +‎ -ite.

Noun

monzonite (countable and uncountable, plural monzonites)

  1. (geology) An intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of plagioclase and orthoclase
    • 2015, N. K. Jemisin, The Fifth Season, Orbit (2016), page 277:
      Crumbling silvery stone beneath her hand and in front of her face: monzonite, maybe, or one of the lesser schists.

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