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igneous
/ˈɪɡniəs/
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What does igneous mean?
adjective
- Pertaining to or having the nature of fire; containing fire; resembling fire.
- Resulting from, or produced by, great heat. With rocks, it could also mean formed from lava or magma.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈɪɡniəs/
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They assured us that igneous meteors were extremely rare on those coasts after two o'clock in the morning.
The "erratics" comprised a great variety of metamorphic and igneous rocks, and, on a more limited scale, sedimentary types.
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They had become worshippers of fire, or of that subtle igneous fluid residing in fire which they believed to be creative force.
I have shown specimens of this incrustation to several geologists, and they all thought that they were of volcanic or igneous origin!
Cribbens hunted for “contacts,” closely examining country rocks and out-crops, continually on the lookout for spots where sedimentary and igneous rock came together.