adakite

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Adak Island in Alaska, from "adaq" in Aleut language, meaning "father".

Noun[edit]

adakite (plural adakites)

  1. (geology) A kind of volcanic rock, of intermediate to felsic composition, with high strontium to yttrium ratio, and enriched in light rare earth elements compared with the heavy rare earths

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