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melanephelinite

melanephelinite noun: a dark nephelinite.

Noun

melanephelinite (countable and uncountable, plural melanephelinites)

  1. A dark nephelinite.
    • Seven samples from monchiquite dykes analysed chemically by Upton et al. (1992), including trace elements and, for three rocks, Sr and Nd isotope data, were classified on chemical grounds as olivine melanephelinite […]2019, A. R. Woolley, Alkaline Rocks and Carbonatites of the World (part 4, page 450)

Forms of melanephelinite

pluralmelanephelinites

Questions about melanephelinite

What does melanephelinite mean?
Melanephelinite means a dark nephelinite.
What part of speech is melanephelinite?
Melanephelinite is a noun.
What is the plural of melanephelinite?
The plural of melanephelinite is melanephelinites.

Words near melanephelinite in the dictionary

  1. melandrioside
  2. melandryid
  3. melandryids
  4. melanemia
  5. melanemic
  6. melanephelinite
  7. melanephelinites
  8. Melanesia
  9. Melanesian
  10. Melanesian Pidgin English
  11. Melanesianist

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