PICRITES

Noun

picrites

plural of picrite

Anagrams

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Source: Wiktionary


PICRITE

Pic"rite, n. Etym: [From Gr. (Min.)

Definition: A dark green igneous rock, consisting largely of chrysolite, with hornblende, augite, biotite, etc.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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15 March 2025

TRUNCATION

(noun) the replacement of an edge or solid angle (as in cutting a gemstone) by a plane (especially by a plane that is equally inclined to the adjacent faces)


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According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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