melilite

American

[mel-uh-lahyt] / ˈmɛl əˌlaɪt /

noun

a sorosilicate mineral group, consisting chiefly of sodium, calcium, and aluminum silicates, occurring in igneous rocks.

Etymology

Origin of melilite

1790–1800; < New Latin melilithus, equivalent to Greek méli honey + líthos -lite

Example Sentences

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The minerals ha�yne, nosean, sodalite and melilite tend to occur with some frequency in nepheline and leucite-basalts, though rare in ordinary basalts.

From Project Gutenberg

Melilite, a lime-alumina-silicate, is characteristic of certain very basic rocks, the melilite-basalts.

From Project Gutenberg

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