Crenitic. World English Historical Dictionary

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a. Geol. [f. Gr. κρήνη spring of water + -ITE + -IC.] (See quot.)

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1884.  T. Sterry Hunt, in Trans. R. Soc. Canada, II. III. 35. This newly proposed explanation of the origin of crystalline rocks, through the action of springs bringing up mineral matters from below, might be called the CRENITIC hypothesis, from the Greek κρήνη, a fountain or spring. Ibid. (1886), IV. III. 21. As a result of this continued process, the crenitic products themselves will naturally show a diminution in the proportion of silica and potash. Ibid., 35. The enormous thickness of crenitic rocks, which … make up the pre-Cambrian terranes.

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