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nephelines

nephelines is the plural of nepheline.

Meaning of nepheline

Noun

nepheline (countable and uncountable, plural nephelines)

  1. A feldspathoid mineral of silica-poor igneous, plutonic and volcanic rocks. Chemically, nepheline is a plagioclase feldspar with insufficient silica to satisfy the chemical bonds. Because of the unfilled bonds, nepheline weathers rapidly and can only be seen as inclusions in freshly broken rock.
    Synonyms:
    nephelite

Questions about nephelines

What is nephelines the plural of?
Nephelines is the plural of nepheline.

Words near nephelines in the dictionary

  1. Nephele
  2. nepheligenous
  3. nepheline
  4. nepheline syenite
  5. nepheline-syenite
  6. nephelines
  7. nephelinic
  8. nephelinite
  9. nephelinites
  10. nephelinitic
  11. nephelinization

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