- basic lavas
- • bazična lava
English-Serbian dictionary. 2013.
English-Serbian dictionary. 2013.
tachylyte — tachylitic /tak euh lit ik/, adj. /tak euh luyt /, n. Petrog. a black, glassy form of basalt, readily fusible and of a high luster. Also, tachylite. [1865 70; TACHY + LYTE2] * * * ▪ rock also spelled tachylite glassy igneous rocks low in… … Universalium
hyalopilitic — |hīə(ˌ)lōˌpī|lid.ik adjective Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary hyalopilit (from German hyalopilitisch hyalopilitic, from hyal + Greek pilos felt + German it ite + isch ish, from Old High German isc) + … Useful english dictionary
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