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Mylonite vs Xylonite - What's the difference?

mylonite | xylonite |

As nouns the difference between mylonite and xylonite

is that mylonite is (geology) any rock that has undergone modifications due to dynamic recrystallization following plastic flow; a schist created by crushed or ground rock while xylonite is (obsolete) celluloid.

mylonite

English

(wikipedia mylonite)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (geology) Any rock that has undergone modifications due to dynamic recrystallization following plastic flow; a schist created by crushed or ground rock.
  • *2004 , (Richard Fortey), The Earth , Folio Society 2011, p. 87:
  • *:Towards the end of the nineteenth century the crush rock known as mylonite had been recognised, a rocky paste that was ground when one mighty rock mass was pushed bodily – or thrust – over another.

    • xylonite

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (obsolete) Celluloid.
  • * 1907 , William Page, The Victoria history of the county of Suffolk, Volume 2
    • The youngest of the industries of Suffolk is the manufacture of xylonite .
  • * 1920 , James Duff Brown, William Charles Berwick Sayers, Manual of library economy
    • A simple, effective shelf label-holder is made from strips of transparent xylonite bent in a rectangular form...