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shonkinite (iou)



shonkinite noun. L19.
[from Shonkin N. Amer. Indian name for the Highwood Mountains, Montana + -ITE1.]
Geology. A dark granular form of syenite consisting largely of augite and orthoclase.
shonki'nitic adjective having the character or consisting of shonkinite E20.