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Plagioleucitite

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leucititenoun(geology) A form of igneous rock that contains leucite.
pseudoleucitenoun(geology) A pseudomorph of leucite that is a mixture of nepheline and orthoclase
leucopyritenoun(mineralogy) löllingite.
leucitenoun(mineralogy) A mineral of silica-poor igneous, plutonic and volcanic rocks. Chemically, leucite is a potassium feldspar with insufficient silica to satisfy the chemical bonds. Because of the unfilled bonds, leucite weathers rapidly and can only be seen as inclusions in freshly broken rock.
leuconephelinitenoun(geology) A light nephelinite
leucophanenounAlternative form of leucophanite. [(mineralogy) A sorosilicate mineral that occurs in pegmatites and alkali igneous complexes as yellow, greenish or white triclinic crystals.]
leucodioritenoun(geology) A pale diorite
leucitoidnoun(crystallography) The trapezohedron or tetragonal trisoctahedron, the form of the mineral leucite.
plagnoun(mineralogy, informal) plagioclase feldspar
tephritenoun(geology) An igneous rock consisting essentially of plagioclase and either leucite or nephelite, or both.
leptynitenoun(mineralogy) granulite
uralitenoun(mineralogy) A dark green variety of hornblende or actinolite.
leucogranitenoun(geology) An intrusion of the continental crust subject to anatexis.
leptoclasenoun(geology) A thin fracture, in sedimentary rocks, either normal or oblique to the bedding plane
leucophanitenoun(mineralogy) A sorosilicate mineral that occurs in pegmatites and alkali igneous complexes as yellow, greenish or white triclinic crystals.
metapelitenoun(geology) A metamorphosed pelite rock
biopelmicritenoun(geology) A limestone similar to biopelsparite
leucogabbronounA gabbro that is light in colour due to a high concentration of plagioclase feldspar.
plagionitenoun(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing antimony, lead, and sulfur.
tonalitenoun(geology) An igneous, plutonic rock composed mainly of plagioclase.

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