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foyalite

foyalite noun: a fine-grained Plutonic syenite made up of orthoclase, nepheline, hornblende, and accessory mica, sodalite, zircon, noselite, and pyroxene.

Noun

foyalite (countable and uncountable, plural foyalites)

  1. A fine-grained Plutonic syenite made up of orthoclase, nepheline, hornblende, and accessory mica, sodalite, zircon, noselite, and pyroxene.
    • […] while foyalite is an almost pure iron-chrysolite.1864, The American Journal of Science and Arts, page 70
    • The free energy remains negative throughout the whole temperature range, indicating that the association forstorite + ilmenite is thermodynamically more stable than foyalite + geikielite.1948, Frank K. McIntosh, McHenry Mosier, Investigation of Wood Chromite Mine Area Lancaster County, PA, page 7

Forms of foyalite

pluralfoyalites

Questions about foyalite

What does foyalite mean?
Foyalite means a fine-grained Plutonic syenite made up of orthoclase, nepheline, hornblende, and accessory mica, sodalite, zircon, noselite, and pyroxene.
What part of speech is foyalite?
Foyalite is a noun.
What is the plural of foyalite?
The plural of foyalite is foyalites.

Words near foyalite in the dictionary

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