Leptynite


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Lep´ty`nite

    (lĕp´tĭ`nīt)
n.1.(Min.) See Granulite.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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and Stanek, J.: 1992, C[O.sub.2]--bearing cordierite of Moldanubian leptynite rock series from Horni Bory, Czech Reopublic, Acta Univ.
The geological features encountered are as follows: gneiss to garnet, gneiss to amphiboles, leptynites, leptynites garnetified, and garnets.
They locally contain intercalations of crystalline limestones and dolomites (marbles), amphibolites, amphibole schists, quartzite and quartzite schists, graphite quartzites and mica schists, porphyroids and leptynites.