Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shonkinite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: shon-k-i-nite
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A kind of mafic foidal syenite.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Much of the southern half of the southeastern body is a mafic syenite, slightly more felsic than the shonkinite."

Etymology

From Shonkin + -ite, after the type locality at Shonkin Sag in the Highwood Mountains of north-central Montana.

Usage

Inflected Forms

shonkinites (plural)

Derived Forms

shonkinitic

Questions

What does shonkinite mean?: A kind of mafic foidal syenite.
Where does shonkinite come from?: From Shonkin + -ite, after the type locality at Shonkin Sag in the Highwood Mountains of north-central Montana.

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