Propylite


noun, Petrography.
1.
a hydrothermally altered andesite or allied rock containing secondary minerals, as calcite, chlorite, serpentine, or epidote.
noun
1.
(geology) an altered andesite or similar rock containing calcite, chlorite, etc, produced by the action of hot water

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