aureole

Etymology
From, from , from  ("golden (crown)").

Noun

 * 1) A circle of light or halo around the head of a deity or a saint.
 * 2)  Any luminous or colored ring that encircles something.
 * 3)  A corona.
 * 4)  A ring around an igneous intrusion.
 * 5) * 1990, Roger Mason, Petrology of the Metamorphic Rocks, Chapter 3: "Metamorphism associated with igneous intrusions":
 * Cleavage and folds are imprinted are overprinted by the contact metamorphic aureole, indicating that they belong to a pre-intrustive episode of rock deformation and accompanying regional deformation.
 * 1)  A corona.
 * 2)  A ring around an igneous intrusion.
 * 3) * 1990, Roger Mason, Petrology of the Metamorphic Rocks, Chapter 3: "Metamorphism associated with igneous intrusions":
 * Cleavage and folds are imprinted are overprinted by the contact metamorphic aureole, indicating that they belong to a pre-intrustive episode of rock deformation and accompanying regional deformation.
 * 1) * 1990, Roger Mason, Petrology of the Metamorphic Rocks, Chapter 3: "Metamorphism associated with igneous intrusions":
 * Cleavage and folds are imprinted are overprinted by the contact metamorphic aureole, indicating that they belong to a pre-intrustive episode of rock deformation and accompanying regional deformation.

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