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Definition of skarn in English: skarnnoun skɑːnskärn mass nounGeology Lime-bearing siliceous rock produced by the metamorphic alteration of limestone or dolomite. 〔地质〕夕卡岩 Example sentencesExamples - No skarn or tactite ores have been reported from the district.
- The skarn is exposed along a steep mountainside that is gullied along its base by several small, intermittent streams that flow into a beautiful, boulder-filled river.
- I discovered light-colored skarn mineralogy when I climbed the hill looking for prospect pits.
- It would seem that these extremely rare specimens were created when gold mineralization was overprinted with later skarn mineralization.
- In this issue I look at skarn, a metamorphic rock type.
OriginEarly 20th century: from Swedish, literally 'dung, filth'. RhymesAbadan, Abidjan, adhan, Amman, Antoine, Arne, Aswan, Avon, Azerbaijan, Baltistan, Baluchistan, Bantustan, barn, Bhutan, Dagestan, darn, dewan, Farne, guan, Hahn, Hanuman, Hindustan, Huascarán, Iban, Iran, Isfahan, Juan, Kazakhstan, khan, Koran, Kurdistan, Kurgan, Kyrgyzstan, macédoine, Mahon, maidan, Marne, Michoacán, Oman, Pakistan, pan, Pathan, Qumran, Rajasthan, Shan, Siân, Sichuan, soutane, Sudan, Tai'an, t'ai chi ch'uan, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Taklimakan, tarn, Tatarstan, Tehran, Tenochtitlán, Turkestan, Turkmenistan, tzigane, Uzbekistan, Vientiane, yarn, Yinchuan, yuan, Yucatán Definition of skarn in US English: skarnnounskärn Geology Lime-bearing siliceous rock produced by the metamorphic alteration of limestone or dolomite. 〔地质〕夕卡岩 Example sentencesExamples - No skarn or tactite ores have been reported from the district.
- In this issue I look at skarn, a metamorphic rock type.
- The skarn is exposed along a steep mountainside that is gullied along its base by several small, intermittent streams that flow into a beautiful, boulder-filled river.
- It would seem that these extremely rare specimens were created when gold mineralization was overprinted with later skarn mineralization.
- I discovered light-colored skarn mineralogy when I climbed the hill looking for prospect pits.
OriginEarly 20th century: from Swedish, literally ‘dung, filth’. |