mesocratic

(ˌmɛsəˈkrætɪk)

adj

(Geological Science) (of igneous rocks) containing 30–60 per cent of ferromagnesian minerals

[C20: from meso- + -crat, with allusion to the moderately dark colour of the rock. Compare leucocratic]

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References in periodicals archive

The diorites occur as boulders, are mesocratic, course grained with the interlocking mineral arrangement.

Contrasting styles of lead-zinc-barium mineralization in the Lower Benue Trough, Southeastern Nigeria/Contraste de estilos de mineralizacion de plomo-zinc-bario en la parte baja de la Formacion Benue Trough, en el sudeste de Nigeria

Socialistic characteristics are mesocratic (in between micro and macro) compositions of interrelatedness of economic, political, and cultural relationships and their efficient compartmentalization outcomes within the forms of families, relatedness, and organizational settings.

Analyses of the Universal Trading Processes between Human Species and Nature

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