dunnite


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dunnite

(ˈdʌnaɪt)
n
(Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) an explosive containing ammonium picrate
[C20: named after Colonel B. W. Dunn (1860–1936), American army officer who invented it]
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Exposed rocks in the area are mostly dunnites, peridotites, pyroxenites and at some places serpentinites.