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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X, list of scientific terms with Scottish connections).
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MUGEARITE. Geol. A crystalline rock like basalt but with oligoclase and orthoclase instead of labradorite (1904 Mem. Geol. Surv. Scot. (Igneous Rocks Skye) 265).
[Called from Mugeary in Skye by A. Harker.]