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NEPHELINITE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An igneous rock consisting of nepheline and pyroxene
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("nephelinite" is a kind of...):
mineral (solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition)
Meronyms (substance of "nephelinite"):
nepheline; nephelite (a whitish mineral consisting of sodium aluminum silicate or potassium aluminum silicate in crystalline form; used in the manufacture of ceramics and enamels)
pyroxene (any of a group of crystalline silicate mineral common in igneous and metamorphic rocks)
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