Monomict

As monomikt (of give a wiki . Monos (μόνος), alone, solely and miktos (μικτός), mixed) or monogenic (from the Greek. Monos (μόνος), alone, alone, genos (γένος) origin) is called in the petrology sedimentary rocks that consist of chemical elements , minerals or rock fragments from only one parent rock . The antonym is polymict . An example of a monomictic rock is marble , which is composed only of calcite crystals , i.e. from one type of mineral.

Web links

• Monomict in the lexicon of geosciences

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Dieter Richter : Allgemeine Geologie , De Gruyter, S. 312 Online
2. ^ Albert Johannsen: A Descriptive Petrography of the Igneous Rocks: Introduction, textures, classifications and glossary , University of Chicago Press, 1931, p. 183 Online
3. ↑ Dieter Richter: Allgemeine Geologie , De Gruyter, S. 118 Online
4. ↑ Volkmar Trommsdorff , Volker Dietrich: Fundamentals of Earth Sciences: Lecture for University and ETH Zurich , vdf Hochschulverlag AG, 1999, ISBN 978-3-7281-2662-7 , p. 2 online