Petrographic province
A petrographic province is a geological region within which the igneous rocks reveal a relationship (so-called consanguinity) in chemical composition, which may be referred to a community of origin. This relationship may be chemically a close one, but the rocks have widely varying mineralogical composition, or the kinship may be restricted to one or more of the chemical components in the rocks.
Etymology
Petrography derives from petra (Greek: πέτρα), meaning rock, and graphein (Greek: γράφειν), to write.
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References
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: . New International Encyclopedia. 1905.
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