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melanephelinites

melanephelinites is the plural of melanephelinite.

Meaning of melanephelinite

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)

Questions about melanephelinites

What is melanephelinites the plural of?
Melanephelinites is the plural of melanephelinite.

Words near melanephelinites in the dictionary

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

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