supermature
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]supermature (not comparable)
- (geology, of a mineral etc) That has passed maturity.
- 2004, Donald R. Prothero, Sedimentary Geology, page 91:
- Supermature sandstones have roundecl or subrounded grains; mature sandstones have grains that are subangular to subrounded.