leucite
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of leucite
From the German word Leukit, dating back to 1790–1800. See leuco-, -ite 1
Example Sentences
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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
Vesuvian lava, glass paste with numerous crystals of leucite; others of olivine, hornblende, and sanidine, porphyritically developed; small grains of magnetite.
From Volcanoes: Past and Present by Hull, Edward
Section of leucite crystal from the lava of 1868, with fluid cavities.
From Volcanoes: Past and Present by Hull, Edward
The sides of the crater present numerous loose masses, which appear to have been ejected, and consist of glassy feldspar, ice-spar, sodalite, hauyne, spinellane, and leucite.
From COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 by Humboldt, Alexander von
The flows from Kibo include nepheline and leucite basanite lavas rich in soda felspars.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various
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