kinzigite Petrogr.
(ˈkɪntsɪgaɪt)
[ad. G. kinzigit (H. Fischer 1860, in Neues Jahrb. f. Min. 797), f. the name of the Kinzig valley, W. Germany: see -ite1.]
A metamorphic schistose rock containing garnet, biotite, and varying amounts of quartz, plagioclase, sillimanite, and cordierite. Hence kinziˈgitic a., containing kinzigite.
| 1878 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. XXXIV. 208 Garnet-graphite-gneiss was hitherto unknown [in the Black Forest],..being formerly known by the name of Kinzigite. 1947 Bull. Geol. Soc. Amer. LVIII. 1024 The kinzigites of the Askainen-Lemu zone are fine- to medium-grained and contain garnet as well as cordierite. 1965 Mineral. Abstr. XVII. 227/2 A kinzigitic formation..occurs in the district of Miglierina (Catanzaro). This formation is composed of kinzigites, kinzigitic gneiss, and amphibolic kinzigites. |