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Definition of Doleritic

Doleritic
Dolerite Dol"er*ite, n. [Gr. ? deceptive, because easily confounded with diorite.] (Petrography) (a) A dark, crystalline, igneous rock, chiefly pyroxene with labradorite. (b) Coarse-grained basalt. (c) Diabase. (d) Any dark, igneous rock composed chiefly of silicates of iron and magnesium with some feldspar. -- Dol`er*it"ic, a.
Doleritic
Doleritic Dol`er*it"ic, a. Of the nature of dolerite; as, much lava is doleritic lava. --Dana.

Meaning of Doleritic from wikipedia

- Look up diabase in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Diabase (/ˈdaɪ.əˌbeɪs/), also called dolerite (/ˈdɒl.əˌraɪt/) or microgabbro, is a mafic, holocrystalline...
- subsequently, the phonolitic one at the northwest end of the ridge and the doleritic Platzkegel in the caldera center. Both Mawenzi and Kibo began erupting...
- sedimentary succession, this time resulting in the emplacement of the doleritic Whin Sill within the Carboniferous sequence. Known as whinstone locally...
- for the southern Indian Precambrian terrain, intruded by numerous mafic–doleritic **** swarms, the age from Proterozoic to the latest Cretaceous is reported...
- covered with dry sclerophyllous forests, but on the west lies the high doleritic Lake Country, which was extensively glaciated during Quaternary glacial...
- andesite crystalline rock on underlying Cenozoic non-volcanic sediments. Doleritic sills in limestone. Boatmans Harbour 34.2 ± 0.4 Ma, 34.3 ± 0.9 Ma sub-alkaline...
- Phyllite Formation, are identified in the southern half of Belnahua. A doleritic igneous **** cuts through the centre of the island and is identified as...
- the winter rainfall Strandveld of South Africa, and mostly growing on doleritic clays along the West Coast, Western Cape. It is closely related to Daubenya...
- with long dry seasons. It occurs naturally in xerophytic gr****lands on doleritic, sandy or clay soils, at altitudes of up to 1,500 m (4,900 ft), and is...
- explosion originates. epidiorite Any of a set of altered gabbroic and doleritic rocks in which the original pyroxene has been replaced by fibrous amphibole...