Definition of nepheline in English:

nepheline

noun ˈnɛf(ə)lɪnˈnɛfəlɪn

mass noun

A colourless, greenish, or brownish mineral consisting of an aluminosilicate of sodium (often with potassium) and occurring as crystals and grains in igneous rocks.
霞石
Example sentencesExamples
- The groundmass of these leucocratic segregations is heterogeneous, consisting of centimeter-scale regions dominated by nepheline, natrolite, alkali feldspar, or wollastonite.
- Additionally, lamproites may contain leucite, richterite, sanidine, and occasionally nepheline, whereas kimberlites do not.
- All basalt chemical compositions can be plotted in the basalt tetrahedron, which has normative quartz, olivine, nepheline and augite at the apices.
- The other is a small lazurite deposit at the southern end of Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada, where it is found as rounded, isolated grains in nepheline and is associated with diopside.
- The three commonest feldspathoids are leucite, nepheline, and sodalite.

Origin

Early 19th century: from French néphéline, from Greek nephelē 'cloud' (because its fragments are made cloudy on immersion in nitric acid) + -ine².

Definition of nepheline in US English:

nepheline

nounˈnɛfəlɪnˈnefəlin

A colorless, greenish, or brownish mineral consisting of an aluminosilicate of sodium (often with potassium) and occurring as crystals and grains in igneous rocks.
霞石
Example sentencesExamples
- All basalt chemical compositions can be plotted in the basalt tetrahedron, which has normative quartz, olivine, nepheline and augite at the apices.
- The groundmass of these leucocratic segregations is heterogeneous, consisting of centimeter-scale regions dominated by nepheline, natrolite, alkali feldspar, or wollastonite.
- The other is a small lazurite deposit at the southern end of Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada, where it is found as rounded, isolated grains in nepheline and is associated with diopside.
- Additionally, lamproites may contain leucite, richterite, sanidine, and occasionally nepheline, whereas kimberlites do not.
- The three commonest feldspathoids are leucite, nepheline, and sodalite.

Origin

Early 19th century: from French néphéline, from Greek nephelē ‘cloud’ (because its fragments are made cloudy on immersion in nitric acid) + -ine.

词汇	nepheline
释义	Definition of nepheline in English: nepheline noun ˈnɛf(ə)lɪnˈnɛfəlɪn mass noun A colourless, greenish, or brownish mineral consisting of an aluminosilicate of sodium (often with potassium) and occurring as crystals and grains in igneous rocks. 霞石 Example sentencesExamples The groundmass of these leucocratic segregations is heterogeneous, consisting of centimeter-scale regions dominated by nepheline, natrolite, alkali feldspar, or wollastonite. Additionally, lamproites may contain leucite, richterite, sanidine, and occasionally nepheline, whereas kimberlites do not. All basalt chemical compositions can be plotted in the basalt tetrahedron, which has normative quartz, olivine, nepheline and augite at the apices. The other is a small lazurite deposit at the southern end of Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada, where it is found as rounded, isolated grains in nepheline and is associated with diopside. The three commonest feldspathoids are leucite, nepheline, and sodalite. Origin Early 19th century: from French néphéline, from Greek nephelē 'cloud' (because its fragments are made cloudy on immersion in nitric acid) + -ine². Definition of nepheline in US English: nepheline nounˈnɛfəlɪnˈnefəlin A colorless, greenish, or brownish mineral consisting of an aluminosilicate of sodium (often with potassium) and occurring as crystals and grains in igneous rocks. 霞石 Example sentencesExamples All basalt chemical compositions can be plotted in the basalt tetrahedron, which has normative quartz, olivine, nepheline and augite at the apices. The groundmass of these leucocratic segregations is heterogeneous, consisting of centimeter-scale regions dominated by nepheline, natrolite, alkali feldspar, or wollastonite. The other is a small lazurite deposit at the southern end of Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada, where it is found as rounded, isolated grains in nepheline and is associated with diopside. Additionally, lamproites may contain leucite, richterite, sanidine, and occasionally nepheline, whereas kimberlites do not. The three commonest feldspathoids are leucite, nepheline, and sodalite. Origin Early 19th century: from French néphéline, from Greek nephelē ‘cloud’ (because its fragments are made cloudy on immersion in nitric acid) + -ine.
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