nephelinite

[ nef-uh-luh-nahyt ]

/ ˈnɛf ə ləˌnaɪt /

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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Origin of nephelinite

First recorded in 1860–65; nepheline + -ite¹

OTHER WORDS FROM nephelinite

neph·e·li·nit·ic

[nef-uh-luh-nit-ik] /ˌnɛf ə ləˈnɪt ɪk/, adjective

Words nearby nephelinite

nepeta, neph-, nephanalysis, nephele, nepheline, nephelinite, nephelometer, nephew, nepho-, nephogram, nephograph

Example sentences from the Web for nephelinite

They are chiefly leucite and nepheline rocks, such as leucitite, leucitophyre and nephelinite, but basalt and trachyte also occur.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2|Various

British Dictionary definitions for nephelinite

nephelinite

/ (ˈnɛfɪlɪˌnaɪt) /

noun

a fine-grained basic laval rock consisting of pyroxene and nepheline

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