01 n. A name originally given by the Italians to a kind of serpentine, later to the rock called euphotide, and now generally used for a coarsely …
-
1.
A name originally given by the Italians to a kind of serpentine, later to the rock called euphotide, and now generally used for a coarsely crystalline, igneous rock consisting of lamellar pyroxene (diallage) and labradorite, with sometimes chrysolite (olivine gabbro).(Geol.) Also: euphotide