Meaning of "tephrite" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD TEPHRITE

From Greek tephros, from tephra ashes.

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PRONUNCIATION OF TEPHRITE

tephrite  [ˈtɛfraɪt]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TEPHRITE

Tephrite is a noun.

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WHAT DOES TEPHRITE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Tephrite

Tephrite is an igneous, volcanic rock, with aphanitic to porphyritic texture. Mineral content is usually abundant feldspathoids, plagioclase, and lesser alkali feldspar. Pyroxenes are common accessory minerals. Quartz and olivine are absent. Occurrences include leucite nepheline tephrite from Hamberg bei Neckarelz near Heidelberg, Germany, phonolite-tephrite at Monte Vulture, Basilicata, Italy and basanite–tephrite intrusions in Namibia.

Definition of tephrite in the English dictionary

The definition of tephrite in the dictionary is a variety of basalt containing plagioclase, augite, and a feldspathoid, commonly nepheline, or leucite.

TRANSLATION OF TEPHRITE

Find out the translation of tephrite to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of tephrite from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «tephrite» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 碱玄岩
• Translator English - Spanish: tephrite
• English: tephrite
• Translator English - Hindi: tephrite
• Translator English - Arabic: tephrite
• Translator English - Russian: тефрито
• Translator English - Portuguese: tefrito
• Translator English - Bengali: tephrite
• Translator English - French: tephrite
• Translator English - Malay: Tephrite
• Translator English - German: Tephrit
• Translator English - Japanese: テフライト
• Translator English - Korean: tephrite
• Translator English - Javanese: Tephrite
• Translator English - Vietnamese: tephrite
• Translator English - Tamil: tephrite
• Translator English - Marathi: लेप्रेइट
• Translator English - Turkish: tefrit
• Translator English - Italian: tephrite
• Translator English - Polish: tephrite
• Translator English - Ukrainian: тефріто
• Translator English - Romanian: tephrite
• Translator English - Greek: tephrite
• Translator English - Afrikaans: tephrite
• Translator English - Swedish: tephrite
• Translator English - Norwegian: tephrite

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TEPHRITE»

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Handbook of Rocks, Minerals, and Gemstones

Tephrite [1] Tephrite i Greek "ashstone"; helongs to the hasalt family. Lignt rmnerels. 30-80% ofwhich/ teldspars 40-g0% ofwhich/ plagioctase teldspar 50-1 00% alkali teldspar 0-50% toids 1 0-80% Dark rmnerels. 20-70% Medium constituares.

‎1993

Alkaline Magmatism in Central-eastern Paraguay: ...

Groundmass Miscellaneous Tephrite D48 PS 154 Strongly Cpx porphyritic Cpx, Ol, Op, PI Hypocrystalline Cpx, 01, Op, Af, Lc*,Op Tephrite D49 PS116 (sodic) Subaphyric Cpx Cpx, Ol, PI Hypohyaline Cpx, Ol, Op, Af, Ne Chilled margin ...

Piero Comin-Chiaramonti, Celso Barros Gomes, 1996

Tectonic Evolution of the Oman Mountains:

... Tectonic SiOZ A1203 FeZOI MnO MgO CaO NaZO K20 Ti02 P205 LOI Total zone L2/SY Basalt 36.528511 32.93293 HASV 47.43 15.72 12.66 0.176 5.62 10.63 2.94 1.18 2.499 0.43 0.17 99.44 J5/SY Tephrite/basanite 36.644993 32.651228 ...

H.R. Rollinson, M.P. Searle, I.A. Abbasi, 2014

Concrete Vaulted Construction in Imperial Rome: Innovations ...

... sanidine * * * * * * * * * glass zeotilised oxidized zeotilised zeotilised zeotilised zeotilised zeotilised zeotilised zeotilised zeotilised Classification tephrite tephrite- phonolite tephrite tephrite tephrite tephrite tephrite tephrite phonolite- trachyte.

Lynne C. Lancaster, 2005

Professional paper - United States Geological Survey

Leucite-tephrite. Leucite-basanite. Biotite-leucite- basalt. Leucite- basalt. Leucite- basalt. HAUYNOPHYRE, ETC. Aiguille de Giiery, Mt. ; E. Bonjean. Dore, Auvergne. SO, trace Lii Qnenille, Mt. Dore, | K. Bonjean. Auvergne. SO, 0.60 j Roc Blanc, ...

Geological Survey (U.S.), 1903

Hafnium Isotopic Insights Into the Evolution of Mantle ...

The Tertiary samples more diverse with basalt, picro-basalt, tephrite basanite, and foidite compositions (Furman et al., 2006a). The majority of the Tertiary and Quaternary Turkana samples in this study have MgO contents between 6 and 14 wt.

Jennifer A. Locke, 2008

U.S. Geological Survey professional paper

... -tephrite. Leucite-basanite. Biotite-leucite- basalt. Leucite- basait. Leucite- basalt. HAUYNOPHYRE, ETC. so, trace La Quenille, Mt. Dore, Auvergne. BO, о. so | R0(. Blanc, Mt Dore, Auvergne. so, 0.25 i Roc Blanc? Mt. Dore, Auvergne.

Geological Survey (U.S.), 1903

Earth Processes: Reading the Isotopic Code

Pumice (K-f, Cpx, Pl)-phyric Trachyte KS S4 Mts. Ernici Lava Cpx, Ol-phyric Potassic Trachybasalt KS ERN3 Mts. Emici Lava Cpx, Ol-phyric Potassic Trachybasalt KS S18 Mts. Emici Lava Cpx, Ol-phyric Phono-Tephrite HKS RMN11 Mt ...

Asish Basu, Stan Hart, 1996

Igneous Rocks: Composition, Texture and Classification, ...

Some other varieties of leucite-tephrite in Central Italy are so low in normative lenads that they belong to Division 3 and are transitional varieties in that division. Leucite-tephrìte occurs in a number of localities in Bohemia, on the plateau of ...

J.P. Iddings

Igneous Rocks: A Classification and Glossary of Terms: ...

Field 13 (phonolitic basanite, phonolitic tephrite)— these two root names are separated on the amount of olivine in the CIPW norm. If normative olivine is greater than 10% the rock is called a phonolitic basanite; if less than 10% it is a phonolitic ...

R. W. Le Maitre, A. Streckeisen, B. Zanettin, 2002

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TEPHRITE»

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Ein Eldorado für Geologen

... zusammen, der im Herbst des Jahres im Wachthiisli über die Tephrite des Steingrubenbergs referierte. Schon damals stieß sein Wissen auf großes Interesse. «Badische Zeitung, Jun 12»

Am Münster wurde Tephrit verbaut

Im Mittelpunkt einer Ausstellung standen die Tephrite des Steingrubenbergs und wie diese einst als Werkstoff und Baumaterial genutzt wurden. Anschließend ... «Badische Zeitung, Oct 10»

Early formation of evolved asteroidal crust

Abbreviations: TP, trachy-phonolite; PT, phono-tephrite; TB, trachy-basalt; BTA, basaltic trachy-andesite; Pic. bas., picro-basalt; Basalt and., basaltic andesite. b, ... «Nature.com, Jan 09»