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PRONUNCIATION OF NEPHELITE

nephelite  [ˈnefɪˌlaɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NEPHELITE

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adjective
verb
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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Nephelite is a noun.
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WHAT DOES NEPHELITE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

nephelite

Nepheline

Nepheline, also called nephelite, is a feldspathoid: a silica-undersaturated aluminosilicate, Na3KAl4Si4O16, that occurs in intrusive and volcanic rocks with low silica, and in their associated pegmatites. Grayish-white nepheline crystals with dark schorlomite from Bou-Agrao Mt., Tamazeght complex, High Atlas Mts, Morocco Nepheline crystals are rare and belong to the hexagonal system, usually having the form of a short, six-sided prism terminated by the basal plane. The unsymmetrical etched figures produced artificially on the prism faces indicate, however, that the crystals are hemimorphic and tetartohedral, the only element of symmetry being a polar hexad axis. It is found in compact, granular aggregates, and can be white, yellow, gray, green, or even reddish. The hardness is 5.5 - 6, and the specific gravity 2.56 - 2.66. It is often translucent with a greasy luster. The low index of refraction and the feeble double refraction in nepheline are nearly the same as in quartz; but since in nepheline the sign of the double refraction is negative, while in quartz it is positive, the two minerals are readily distinguished under the microscope.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH NEPHELITE


apophyllite
əˈpɒfɪˌlaɪt
argillite
ˈɑːdʒɪˌlaɪt
chessylite
ˈtʃɛsɪˌlaɪt
chrysophilite
krɪˈsɒfɪˌlaɪt
daylight
ˈdeɪˌlaɪt
highlight
ˈhaɪˌlaɪt
hydrophilite
haɪˈdrɒfɪˌlaɪt
melilite
ˈmɛlɪˌlaɪt
menilite
ˈmɛnɪˌlaɪt
Mutazilite
muːˈtɑːzɪˌlaɪt
proselyte
ˈprɒsɪˌlaɪt
rubellite
ˈruːbɪˌlaɪt
skylight
ˈskaɪˌlaɪt
sperrylite
ˈspɛrɪˌlaɪt
tachylite
ˈtækɪˌlaɪt
tachylyte
ˈtækɪˌlaɪt
toxophilite
tɒkˈsɒfɪˌlaɪt
triphylite
ˈtrɪfɪˌlaɪt
troilite
ˈtrəʊɪˌlaɪt
twilight
ˈtwaɪˌlaɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE NEPHELITE

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

WORDS THAT END LIKE NEPHELITE

antielite
Bakelite
British Israelite
Carmelite
Dyothelite
elite
Ishmaelite
Israelite
Jezreelite
liberal elite
lite
Monothelite
nonelite
Peelite
pelite
power elite
Pre-Raphaelite
sapropelite
scheelite
superelite

Synonyms and antonyms of nephelite in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «nephelite» into 25 languages

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霞石
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

nephelite
570 millions of speakers

English

nephelite
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

nephelite
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

nephelite
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

нефелитов
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sienito
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

nephelinitic
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

néphéline
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Nephelinitic
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Nephelit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

nephelite
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

nephelite
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nephelinitic
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nephelite
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

nephelinitic
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

नेपोलिओलिटिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

nephelinitic
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

nephelite
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nephelite
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

нефелітов
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

nephelite
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

νεφελίνης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

nephelite
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

nephelite
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

nephelite
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of nephelite

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «NEPHELITE»

The term «nephelite» is used very little and occupies the 169.726 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «NEPHELITE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about nephelite

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NEPHELITE»

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Igneous Rocks: Composition, Texture and Classification, ...
In the vicinity of Tetschen and in the Mittelgebirge there are phenocrysts of augite , brown hornblende, magnetite, and rarely orthoclase,in a holocrystalline trachytoid groundmass of augite, oligoclase, nephelite and magnetite, with small  ...
J.P. Iddings
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Professional Paper - United States Geological Survey
A number of the rocks which fall in nordmarkase and pulasku.se carry small amounts of nephelite, so that they have been called nephelite-svenites, but not enough, according to the classification proposed, to place them in the order russare.
Geological Survey (U.S.), 1903
3
Bulletin
NEPHELITE BOCKS. In the norms of the foregoing rocks small quantities of nephelite appear. These mark a transition from the syenites and trachytes proper to the phonolites and nepheline syenites, in which the lcnad minerals replace the  ...
‎1920
4
Chemical Composition of Igneous Rocks Expressed by Means of ...
Naples, rocks from 39 Nephelinite 50,53,86 Nephelite-aplite 34,82 Nephelite- basalt 49, 50, 53, 54, 56, 57, 86, 88 Nephelite-basanite 51, 86 Nephelite-felsite 44,84 Nephelite-gabbro 51, 86 Nephelite-malignite 52 Nephelite-melilite-basalt 57 ...
Joseph Paxson Iddings, 1903
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U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper
NEPHELITE BASALT AND ALLIED ROCKS. In the Hitchcock collection are several rocks which in the current nomenclature must be called nephelite basalts, although this name unduly emphasizes a very subordinate constituent. It is probable ...
‎1915
6
The Data of Geochemistry
NEPHELITE ROCKS. In the norms of the foregoing rocks small quantities of nephelite appear. These mark a transition from the syenites and trachytes proper to the phonolites and nepheline syenites, in which the lenad minerals replace the  ...
Frank Wigglesworth Clarke, 1920
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Igneous rocks; composition, texture and classification, ...
—Chiefiy alkali-feldspar, nephelite, and biotite, with other minerals in small amount. Forrm'n.3 —Chiefiy alkali-feldspar, nephelite, and segirite or mgirite- augite, in some instances with amphibole and biotite and smaller amounts of other ...
J. Paxson Iddings
8
The constitution of the natural silicates
THE NEPHELITE TYPE. If, now, we start out from the normal aluminum orthosilicate the first and simplest replacement possible is that of a single aluminum atom by three monads, giving a compound of the general formula Al3( Si04)3R'3.
Frank Wigglesworth Clarke, 1914
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The Rock Book
Nephelite Syenite (PLATE 20) Nephelite syenite is more than a variety of syenite, for it shows some of the variations that the true syenites present. It is characterized by the presence of nephelite and generally sodalite, in addition to the ...
Carroll Lane Fenton, Mildred Adams Fenton, 2003
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Geology and Mineral Resources of Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
THE NEPHELITE TYPE. If, now, we start out from the normal aluminum orthosilicate the first and simplest replacement possible is that of a single aluminum atom by three monads, giving a compound of the general formula ALjCSiOJjR',.
George Curtis Martin, Bertrand Leroy Johnson, Ulysses Sherman Grant, 1915

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NEPHELITE»

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... has hydropower resources, deposits of gold and rare-earth metals; local deposits of coal, oil and gas, mercury, lead, zinc, bismuth, nephelite. «Center for Research on Globalization, May 10»

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