greisen

Definitions


[ˈɡrʌɪz(ə)n], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a light-coloured rock containing quartz, mica, and fluorine-rich minerals, resulting from the alteration of granite by hot vapour from magma


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Origin:
late 19th century: from German, probably a dialect word, from greis ‘grey with age’




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