different between diabase vs variolite

diabase

English

Etymology

From French diabase, from Ancient Greek ???????? (diábasis).

Noun

diabase (countable and uncountable, plural diabases)

  1. (geology) A fine-grained igneous rock composed mostly of pyroxene and feldspar.

Synonyms

  • dolerite

Translations

Anagrams

  • Abadies

French

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???????? (diábasis).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dja.baz/

Noun

diabase f (plural diabases)

  1. (geology) diabase

Descendants

  • ? English: diabase
  • ? Turkish: diyabaz

Further reading

  • “diabase” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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variolite

English

Etymology

Latin varius (various) +? -lite: compare French variolite.

Noun

variolite (countable and uncountable, plural variolites)

  1. (geology) A kind of diorite or diabase with embedded whitish spherules, which give the rock a spotted appearance.

Anagrams

  • viliorate, violarite

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