Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
alkaline . - Specifically applied to the minerals of igneous rocks (in the quantitative classification) or to magmas and rocks generally, when specially characterized by their alkali contents: in distinction from
alkaline , which implies the chemical property of alkalinity.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective having the properties of an alkali. Opposite of
acidic .
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- adjective geology, of a rock Containing a relatively high proportion of
alkali ;alkaline .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective relating to or containing an alkali; having a pH greater than 7
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Examples
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In addition to the reserves in already established environments, there remains another category, as yet unevaluated, of potential reserves of both thorium and uranium in minor accessory minerals of alkalic igneous rocks and carbonatites (intrusive limestones) which are widespread in western United States.
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Recent petrological work has confirmed the alkalic chemistry of some of the intrusive rocks at Huajoto, which is very unusual for the Andes.
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Detailed ground radiometrics completed by the Company has revealed the existence of a radiogenic anomaly approximately 4 x 4 kilometers in size that outlines an alkalic injection sill complex, with associated garnet skarns that are related to the REE concentrations.
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SHRIMP U-Pb dating of recurrent Cryogenian and Late Cambrian-Early Ordovician alkalic magmatism in central Idaho: Implications for Rodinian rift tectonics
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Concentrations of the REE's have been identified within phosphate minerals from the project such as carbonated monazite, dahllite, apatite and fluorapatite genetically associated with the alkalic sill complex.
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Detailed ground radiometrics completed by the Company has revealed the existence of a radiogenic anomaly approximately 4 x 4 kilometers in size that outlines an alkalic injection sill complex, with associated garnet skarns that are related to the REE concentrations.
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Recent petrological work has confirmed the alkalic chemistry of some of the intrusive rocks at Huajoto, which is very unusual for the Andes.
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Carbonatite usually occur as small plugs within zoned alkalic intrusive complexes, or as intrusive bodies, but can form as dikes or veins in the host rocks.
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Concentrations of the REE's have been identified within phosphate minerals from the project such as carbonated monazite, dahllite, apatite and fluorapatite genetically associated with the alkalic sill complex.
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Carbonatite usually occur as small plugs within zoned alkalic intrusive complexes, or as intrusive bodies, but can form as dikes or veins in the host rocks.
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