garnetiferous

garnetiferous
adjective see garnet

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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  • Garnetiferous — Gar net*if er*ous, a. [1st garnet + ferous.] (Min.) Containing garnets. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • garnetiferous — | ̷ ̷nə̇d.|if(ə)rəs adjective : containing garnets garnetiferous schist …   Useful english dictionary

  • garnetiferous — /gahr ni tif euhr euhs/, adj. containing or yielding garnets. [1850 55; GARNET + I + FEROUS] * * * …   Universalium

  • garnetiferous — bearing garnets Bearing and Carrying …   Phrontistery dictionary

  • garnetiferous — gar·net·if·er·ous …   English syllables

  • garnetiferous — gar•net•if•er•ous [[t]ˌgɑr nɪˈtɪf ər əs[/t]] adj. mir containing or yielding garnets …   From formal English to slang

  • garnet — noun Etymology: Middle English gernet, from Anglo French gernete, from gernet dark red, from pume gernete pomegranate Date: 14th century 1. a brittle and more or less transparent usually red silicate mineral that has a vitreous luster, occurs… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Garnet — For other uses, see Garnet (disambiguation). Garnet General Category Nesosilicate Chemical …   Wikipedia

  • Schist — The schists constitute a group of medium grade metamorphic rocks, chiefly notable for the preponderance of lamellar minerals such as micas, chlorite, talc, hornblende, graphite, and others. Quartz often occurs in drawn out grains to such an… …   Wikipedia

  • Granulite — Granulites are fine to medium–grained metamorphic rocks that have experienced high temperatures of metamorphism, composed mainly of feldspars sometimes associated with quartz and anhydrous ferromagnesian minerals, with granoblastic texture and… …   Wikipedia

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