Definition of syenitic

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Syenite (n.) A granular, crystalline, ingeous rock composed of orthoclase and hornblende, the latter often replaced or accompanied by pyroxene or mica. Syenite sometimes contains nephelite (elaeolite) or leucite, and is then called nephelite (elaeolite) syenite or leucite syenite..

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Gneiss :: Gneiss (n.) A crystalline rock, consisting, like granite, of quartz, feldspar, and mica, but having these materials, especially the mica, arranged in planes, so that it breaks rather easily into coarse slabs or flags. Hornblende sometimes takes the place of the mica, and it is then called hornblendic / syenitic gneiss. Similar varieties of related rocks are also called gneiss..
Syenitic :: Syenitic (a.) Relating to Syene; as, Syenitic inscriptions..
Sienitic :: Sienitic (a.) See Syenitic.
Syke :: Syenitic (a.) Relating to, or like, syenite; as, syenitic granite..
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