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Elaeolite syenite
(gcide) | Elaeolite \E*l[ae]"o*lite\, n. [Gr. ? olive oil, oil + -lite.]
(Min.)
A variety of hephelite, usually massive, of greasy luster,
and gray to reddish color.
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El[ae]olite syenite, a kind of syenite characterized by the
presence of el[ae]olite.
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nephelite elaeolite syenite
(gcide) | Syenite \Sy"e*nite\, n. [L. Syenites (sc. lapis), from Syene,
Gr. ?.] (Min.)
(a) Orig., a rock composed of quartz, hornblende, and
feldspar, anciently quarried at Syene, in Upper Egypt,
and now called granite.
(b) A granular, crystalline, ingeous rock composed of
orthoclase and hornblende, the latter often replaced or
accompanied by pyroxene or mica. Syenite sometimes
contains nephelite (elaeolite) or leucite, and is then
called nephelite (elaeolite) syenite or {leucite
syenite}.
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