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mafic

UK /ˈmafɪk/US /ˈmeɪfɪk/

adjective 1
noun 1
forms 3

adjective1

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Describing rocks, such as silicate minerals, magmas, and volcanic and intrusive igneous rocks, which contain relatively high concentrations of magnesium and iron.
- Much of the southern half of the southeastern body is a mafic syenite, slightly more felsic than the shonkinite. — 1954

noun1

A rock with such properties.

forms

mafics · more mafic · most mafic

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