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
They had very little leucite and abounded in pyroxene and olivine, and sometimes contained a few crystals of amphibole.3.
From The Eruption of Vesuvius in 1872 by Palmieri, Luigi
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
In the lava of Vesuvius leucite is an essential, and perhaps the most abundant mineral.
From Volcanoes: Past and Present by Hull, Edward
The albite in these lavas is in a similar condition with the leucite of Vesuvius, and with the olivine, described by Von Buch, as projecting in great balls from the basalt of Lanzarote.
From Volcanic Islands by Darwin, Charles
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