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geophase

noun

Etymology

Coined by Alexander Fersman, geo- + phase

  1. derived from φάσις
  2. borrowed from phasis
  3. prefixed as geophase — “geo + phase”

Definitions

  1. A point in the sequence of geochemical changes that occur as minerals are formed from…

    A point in the sequence of geochemical changes that occur as minerals are formed from cooling magma.

    • […] contemporaneous with gold are gilbertite, leptochlorite, tourmaline, iron sulphides, feldspar, (rare) carbonates, and quartz; post gold minerals are quartz, zinc and lead sulphides, and many others of geophases K and L.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA