leucite
Americannoun
noun
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Origin of leucite
From the German word Leukit, dating back to 1790–1800. See leuco-, -ite 1
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There are great beds of it in the green sands of New Jersey, the Cartersville slates of Georgia, and the leucite rocks of Wyoming.
From Time Magazine Archive
Their commonest minerals are olivine, anorthite, hornblende, augite, biotite and leucite.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
These extensive sheets of water are surrounded by banks of tuff and volcanic sand, in which fragments of augite, leucite, and crystals of titanite are distributed.
From Volcanoes: Past and Present by Hull, Edward
These lavas, setting aside the leucite, very nearly resemble the phonolitic ejections of the Peak of Teneriffe.
From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 by Ross, Thomasina
Vesuvian lava, glass paste with numerous crystals of leucite; others of augite and nepheline porphyritically developed; also small grains of magnetite.
From Volcanoes: Past and Present by Hull, Edward
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