NEPHELINITE


Meaning of NEPHELINITE in English

— nephelinitic /nef'euh leuh nit"ik/ , adj.

/nef"euh leuh nuyt'/ , n. Petrog.

a fine-grained, dark rock of volcanic origin, essentially a basalt containing nepheline but no feldspar and little or no olivine.

[ 1860-65; NEPHELINE + -ITE 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .