mafic

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/ˈmafɪk/ English

Definitions

noun

A rock with such properties.

adjective

Describing rocks, such as silicate minerals, magmas, and volcanic and intrusive igneous rocks, which contain relatively high concentrations of magnesium and iron.

Related words

Synonyms

basic ferromagnesic magnesic magnesiferous magnesian magniferous melanocratic ultrafamic ultramafic femic ferromagnesian ophitic feldspathic magnetiferous felsic ultramaphic micaceous

Antonyms

Associated

gabbro amphibole pyroxene augite olivine igneous diorite plutonic archaean nepheline archean chlorite

Rhymes

graphic demographic pornographic traffic geographic photographic holographic calligraphic ethnographic lithographic

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