garnetiferous

[ gahr-ni-tif-er-uhs ]

adjective

1. containing or yielding garnets.

Word History and Origins

Origin of garnetiferous¹

First recorded in 1850–55; garnet + -i- + -ferous

Example Sentences

The Himalayan and crystalline zone is essentially composed of foliated and banded biotite-gneiss, usually garnetiferous, on which lie, at comparatively low angles and with a general Northerly dip, the above-mentioned calc-gneisses.

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The granulites are very closely allied to the gneisses, as they consist of nearly the same minerals, but they are finer grained, have usually less perfect foliation, are more frequently garnetiferous, and have some special features of microscopic structure.

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Hypersthene and scapolite both may occur in these rocks and they are sometimes garnetiferous.

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Woman's Islands.—These islands, off the west coast of Greenland, are composed of a garnetiferous mica slate, formed of black mica in layers, with alternating plates, composed of white felspar and quartz, and filled with fine garnets, rose-colored, vitreous in fracture, and transparent.

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A course gneiss is the predominant rock, but is associated with garnetiferous mica-schists and much intrusive granite.

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