Definition of Tonalites

1. Noun. (plural of tonalite) ¹

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Definition of Tonalites

1. tonalite [n] - See also: tonalite

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tonalites

tomtit
tomtoms
ton
ton mile
ton of refrigeration
tonal
tonal center
tonal language
tonal pattern
tonal system
tonalism
tonalist
tonalists
tonalite
tonalites (current term)
tonalities
tonality
tonally
toname
tonames
tonant
tonaphasia
tonation
tonations
tonca bean
tonca beans
toncanet
tondi
tondini

Literary usage of Tonalites

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1911)
"In external appearance the tonalites are very like the granites but usually darker in ... In the south of Scotland (Galloway district) tonalites accompany ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"In the south of Scotland (Galloway district) tonalites accompany hornblende- and biotite-granites, hornblende- and augite-diorites. ..."

3. Igneous Rocks: Composition, Texture and Classification, Description and by Joseph Paxson Iddings (1913)
"The rocks are granites, granodiorites, tonalites, quartz-mica-diorites and quartz-porphyries. Highly quartzose granites are uncommon. ..."

4. The Silurian Rocks of Britain by Benjamin Nieve Peach, John Horne, Jethro Justinian Harms Teall (1899)
"... tonalites contain only a very small proportion of interstitial alkali-felspar. As these merge into the biotite- granites the amount of alkali-felspar ..."

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