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nephelite
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Nephelite
(gcide) | Nepheline \Neph"e*line\ (n[e^]f"[-e]*l[i^]n), Nephelite
\Neph"e*lite\ (n[e^]f"[-e]*l[imac]t), n. [Gr. nefe`lh cloud: cf.
F. n['e]ph['e]line. Cf. Nebula.] (Min.)
A mineral occuring at Vesuvius, in glassy hexagonal crystals;
also elsewhere, in grayish or greenish masses having a greasy
luster, as the variety elaeolite. It is a silicate of
aluminia, soda, and potash.
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nephelite
(wn) | nephelite
n 1: a whitish mineral consisting of sodium aluminum silicate or
potassium aluminum silicate in crystalline form; used in
the manufacture of ceramics and enamels [syn: nepheline,
nephelite] |
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nephelite
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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}.
[1913 Webster] |
nephelite
(wn) | nephelite
n 1: a whitish mineral consisting of sodium aluminum silicate or
potassium aluminum silicate in crystalline form; used in
the manufacture of ceramics and enamels [syn: nepheline,
nephelite] |
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