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Definition of Ophitic
1. Adjective. (geology) Describing any rock having crystals of feldspar interspersed with plates of augite ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ophitic
1. ophite [adj] - See also: ophite
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ophitic
Literary usage of Ophitic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. General History of the Christian Religion and Church by August Neander, Joseph Torrey (1851)
"But on the other side it cannot be denied that the ophitic formulas of exorcism,
which Origen cites immediately after he has made this statement, ..."
2. Upper Peninsula, 1893-1897 by Michigan Geological Survey (1898)
"Among the textures worthy of mention are: (a) Igneous central; ophitic, that is,
with poikilitic augite enclosing idiomorphic feldspar with the lateral ..."
3. The Tertiary Igneous Rocks of Skye by Alfred Harker (1904)
"Olivine- Gabbro, west bank of Sligachan River, just below Allt Coire Riabhach ;
showing the ophitic structure. This is the rock analysed (I. above), ..."
4. The World's Great Classics by Timothy Dwight, Julian Hawthorne (1899)
"tant on some Gnostic and ophitic bowls with those in churches built by the Templars.
Of these there are many in Germany, and some in France. ..."
5. Report by Tasmania Dept. of Mines (1897)
"Besides the ophitic structure, we have another modification found chiefly in the
finer grained varieties of this rock, namely, one in which an incompletely ..."
6. Bulletin by Geological Society of America (1907)
"The next paper was ophitic TEXTURE BY AC LA>*E [Abstract] ophitic texture is not
a mere synonym of the ..."
7. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1910)
"The facts regarding the early and later use of the term ophitic are fully ...
In fact, in almost all the so-called ophitic rocks at a proper distance not ..."
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