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nephelinite

nephelinite noun: a darkish, finely crystalline rock of volcanic origin, being a mixture of nepheline and pyroxene.

Noun

nephelinite (countable and uncountable, plural nephelinites)

  1. A darkish, finely crystalline rock of volcanic origin, being a mixture of nepheline and pyroxene

Forms of nephelinite

pluralnephelinites

Origin of nephelinite

From nepheline + -ite.

Words formed from nephelinite

Questions about nephelinite

What does nephelinite mean?
Nephelinite means a darkish, finely crystalline rock of volcanic origin, being a mixture of nepheline and pyroxene.
What part of speech is nephelinite?
Nephelinite is a noun.
What is the plural of nephelinite?
The plural of nephelinite is nephelinites.

Words near nephelinite in the dictionary

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

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