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PRONUNCIATION OF NEPHELINITE

nephelinite  [ˈnɛfɪlɪˌnaɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NEPHELINITE

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Nephelinite is a noun.
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WHAT DOES NEPHELINITE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

nephelinite

Nephelinite

Nephelinite is a fine-grained or aphanitic igneous rock made up almost entirely of nepheline and clinopyroxene. If olivine is present, the rock may be classified as an olivine nephelinite. Nephelinite is dark in color and may resemble basalt in hand specimen. However, basalt consists mostly of clinopyroxene and calcic plagioclase. Basalt, alkali basalt, basanite, tephritic nephelinite, and nephelinite differ partly in the relative proportions of plagioclase and nepheline. Alkali basalt may contain minor nepheline and does contain nepheline in its CIPW normative mineralogy. A critical ratio in the classification of these rocks is the ratio nepheline/. Basanite has a value of this ratio between 0.1 and 0.6 and also contains more than 10% olivine. Tephritic nephelinite has a value between 0.6 and 0.9. Nephelinite has a value greater than 0.9. Le Maitre defines and discusses these and other criteria in the classification of igneous rocks. Nephelinite is an example of a silica-undersaturated igneous rock.

Definition of nephelinite in the English dictionary

The definition of nephelinite in the dictionary is a fine-grained basic laval rock consisting of pyroxene and nepheline.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH NEPHELINITE


arsenite
ˈɑːsɪˌnaɪt
axinite
ˈæksɪˌnaɪt
erinite
ˈerɪˌnaɪt
franklinite
ˈfræŋklɪˌnaɪt
gadolinite
ˈɡædəlɪˌnaɪt
gmelinite
ˈɡmɛlɪˌnaɪt
ilmenite
ˈɪlmɪˌnaɪt
Janeite
ˈdʒeɪˌnaɪt
kalinite
ˈkælɪˌnaɪt
kaolinite
ˈkeɪəlɪˌnaɪt
langbeinite
ˈlæŋbaɪˌnaɪt
melinite
ˈmɛlɪˌnaɪt
molybdenite
mɒˈlɪbdɪˌnaɪt
olivenite
ɒˈlɪvɪˌnaɪt
pyroxenite
paɪˈrɒksɪˌnaɪt
retinite
ˈrɛtɪˌnaɪt
selenite
ˈsɛlɪˌnaɪt
serpentinite
sɜːˈpentɪˌnaɪt
uraninite
jʊˈrænɪˌnaɪt
vanadinite
vəˈnædɪˌnaɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE NEPHELINITE

nephalism
nephalist
nepheline
nephelinic
nephelinitic
nephelite
nephelometer
nephelometric
nephelometry
nephew
nephogram
nephograph
nephologic
nephological
nephologist
nephology
nephoscope
nephralgia
nephralgic
nephralgy

WORDS THAT END LIKE NEPHELINITE

bainite
bismuthinite
ciminite
coffinite
crinite
Darwinite
definite
finite
granite
indefinite
infinite
kainite
Leninite
nonfinite
penninite
pinite
succinite
sylvinite
transfinite
vulpinite
Wisconsinite

Synonyms and antonyms of nephelinite in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «nephelinite» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

nephelinite
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

nephelinite
570 millions of speakers

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nephelinite
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

nephelinite
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

nephelinite
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

нефелинит
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

nephelinite
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

nephelinic
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

néphélinite
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Nephelinic
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Nephelinit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

nephelinite
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Translator English - Korean

nephelinite
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Translator English - Javanese

Nephelinic
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nephelinite
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

nephelinic
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

नेप्लिनिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

nefelin
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

nephelinite
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nephelinite
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

нефеліном
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

nephelinite
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

nephelinite
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

nephelinite
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

nephelinite
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

nephelinite
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «NEPHELINITE»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «NEPHELINITE» OVER TIME

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NEPHELINITE»

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New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics
Department of Geology University of Canterbury Christchurch, New Zealand Abstract Olivine-nephelinite from a plug of Late Oligocène age is described from Mounseys Creek, Oxford, Canterbury. Comparisons are made with other New ...
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New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics
5. Olivine ncpheunite. Flow exposed in quarry 0-9 km north-east of Maungapu. Mineralogy is very similar to 4. Nodules are very abundant in this flow. 6. Olivine nephelinite. Flow exposed on coast at Pere- kiatu. Mineralogy is identical to 4. 7.
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Alkaline Rocks and Carbonatites of the World: Africa
These authors distinguish the following general lava types; melanephelinite. nephelinite. phon olitic nephelinite, melilite nephelinite. leucite nephelinite and hauynophyre. The melanephelinites contain phenocrysts of clinopyroxene (up to  ...
Alan Robert Woolley, 2001
4
Alkaline Magmatism in Central-eastern Paraguay: ...
Rock-type Sample Texture Nephelinite 284 3270 Weakly porphyritic Phenocrysts Micropheno. Ol Ol, Cpx, Op Groundmass Hypocrystalline Cpx, Ol, Op, Ne, Ap Nephelinite 285 3275 Weakly Ol porphyritic Ol, Cpx, Op Hypocrystalline Cpx, 01,  ...
Piero Comin-Chiaramonti, Celso Barros Gomes, 1996
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New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics
S. D. WEAVER Department of Geology University of Canterbury Christchurch, New Zealand Abstract Olivine-nephelinite from a plug of Late Oligocène age is described from Mounseys Creek, Oxford, Canterbury. Comparisons are made with ...
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New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics
unequivocally classify the rock into the nephelinic suite of Macdonald & Katsura ( 1964) and as a nephelinite member of that suite (Macdonald 1968). Although basaltic rocks of such low SiO2 content are not common, even in the nephelinic ...
7
New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics
A similar explanation for the structures in the Arapohue rock is supported by the presence of a slightly higher percentage of mesostasis glass, the occurrence of zeolites, and the tendency for the nephelinite dike margins to brecciate and ...
8
Preliminary 40Ar 39Ar geochronology of igneous intrusions ...
Olivine, clinopyroxene, and feldspathoids constitute 25-60% of the exposed rocks . There are five rock types within the Uvalde igneous field: alkali basalt, melilite- olivine nephelinite, olivine nephelinite, nepheline basanite, and phonolite.
Daniel P. Miggins, Daniel P. Miggins, David V. Smith, Charles D. Blome, Charles D. Blome
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Mantle Metasomatism and Alkaline Magmatism
Special Paper 215 1987 Late Cretaceous nephelinite to phonolite magmatism in the Balcones province, Texas D. S. Barker Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78 713-7909 R. H. Mitchell and D.
Ellen Mullen Morris, Jill Dill Pasteris, 1987
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U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper
Oxidized olivine nephelinite from Johnson 3. Ankaratrite/nephelinite from flow near Yankee, pro- Mesa 15 mi (24 km) east of Raton, probably bably from SEi sec. 12, T. 31 N., R. 24 E., Yankee from quarry on Dale Mountain in the SW^NWi  ...
‎1990

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NEPHELINITE»

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14 Tools That Changed the Way We Live
Take the chopper, a crude tool chipped from the volcanic stone nephelinite. First used in Tanzania some 1.85 million years ago, it was the ... «Wired, Mar 15»

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