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pegmatite

/ˈpɛɡmətaɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.67 in modern English

Syllables
peg-matite
IPA
/ˈpɛɡmətaɪt/
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A coarsely crystalline igneous or plutonic rock composed primarily of feldspar and quartz, normally with muscovite and/or biotite mica.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πήγνυμι (pḗgnumi, “to attach, join”) + -ite

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

pegmatites (plural)

Derived Forms

micropegmatite pegmatitic pegmatize pegmatoid

Frequently Paired Words

feldspar granite quartz

Questions

How do you pronounce pegmatite?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpɛɡmətaɪt/.
What does pegmatite mean?
A coarsely crystalline igneous or plutonic rock composed primarily of feldspar and quartz, normally with muscovite and/or biotite mica.
Where does pegmatite come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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