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nephelinite
[ nef-uh-luh-nahyt ]
/ ˈnɛf ə ləˌnaɪt /
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noun Petrography.
a fine-grained, dark rock of volcanic origin, essentially a basalt containing nepheline but no feldspar and little or no olivine.
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OTHER WORDS FROM nephelinite
neph·e·li·nit·ic [nef-uh-luh-nit-ik], /ˌnɛf ə ləˈnɪt ɪk/, adjectiveWords nearby nephelinite
nepeta, neph-, nephanalysis, Nephele, nepheline, nephelinite, nephelometer, nephew, nepho-, nephogram, nephograph
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How to use nephelinite in a sentence
They are chiefly leucite and nepheline rocks, such as leucitite, leucitophyre and nephelinite, but basalt and trachyte also occur.
British Dictionary definitions for nephelinite
nephelinite
/ (ˈnɛfɪlɪˌnaɪt) /
noun
a fine-grained basic laval rock consisting of pyroxene and nepheline
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