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joint
the place at which two things, or separate parts of one thing, are joined or united, either rigidly or in such a way as to permit motion; juncture. -
pyroxene
any of a very common group of minerals of many varieties, silicates of magnesium, iron, calcium, and other elements, occurring as important constituents of many kinds of rocks, especially basic igneous rocks. -
rock garden
a garden on rocky ground or among rocks, for the growing of alpine or other plants. -
clastic
(of sedimentary rock, etc) composed of fragments of pre-existing rock that have been transported some distance from their points of origin -
eddystone rocks
a dangerous group of rocks at the W end of the English Channel, southwest of Plymouth: lighthouse -
hypabyssal
(of an igneous rock) intermediate in texture between coarse-grained intrusive rocks and fine-grained extrusive rocks.