"spilite" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: spilites [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} spilite (plural spilites)
  1. (geology) a very fine-grained igneous rock, resembling an altered basalt, containing feldspar together with chlorite, calcite, and epidote etc.

Inflected forms

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