biotite

/bahy-uh-tahyt/US // ˈbaɪ əˌtaɪt //UK // (ˈbaɪəˌtaɪt) //

钛晶石,钛钛石,生物晶石,钛晶

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : a very common mineral of the mica group, occurring in black, dark-brown, or dark-green sheets and flakes: an important constituent of igneous and metamorphic rocks.

Hornblende and biotite are the ferromagnesian constituents and vary much in relative importance.
Biotite, if present, is brown; epidote is yellow or colourless; rutile, apatite and quartz all occur with some frequency.
Minettes contain biotite and orthoclase; kersantites, biotite and plagioclase.
Both in the hand specimens and in microscopic slides of lamprophyric rocks biotite and hornblende are usually conspicuous.
A special group of monchiquites rich in deep brown biotite has been called fourchites (after the Fourche Mountains, Arkansas).