chonolith

chonolith
\\ˈkōnəˌlith, -än-\ noun (-s)
Etymology: Greek chōnē mold, crucible (from chein to pour) + English -o- + -lith — more at found
: an intrusive igneous rock mass of wholly irregular form

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  • Chonolith — A chonolith is an intrusive igneous rock of an irregular form. This article related to petrology is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it …   Wikipedia

  • chonolith — cho·no·lith …   English syllables

  • Cactolith — A cactolith is a quasihorizontal chonolith composed of anastomosing ductoliths whose distal ends curl like a harpolith, thin like a sphenolith, or bulge discordantly like an akmolith or ethmolith. This term and its associated definition were… …   Wikipedia

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