Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of leucite is as below...

Syenitic :: 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..

Chloroplastid :: Chloroplastid (n.) A granule of chlorophyll; -- also called chloroleucite.

Leucite :: Leucite (n.) A mineral having a glassy fracture, occurring in translucent trapezohedral crystals. It is a silicate of alumina and potash. It is found in the volcanic rocks of Italy, especially at Vesuvius..

Leucitoid :: Leucitoid (n.) The trapezohedron or tetragonal trisoctahedron; -- so called as being the form of the mineral leucite.

Chromoleucite :: Chromoleucite (n.) A chromoplastid.

Chromoplastid :: Chromoplastid (n.) A protoplasmic granule of some other color than green; -- also called chromoleucite.

Tephrite :: Tephrite (n.) An igneous rock consisting essentially of plagioclase and either leucite or nephelite, or both..

Chloroleucite :: Chloroleucite (n.) Same as Chloroplastid.

Leucitic :: Leucitic (a.) Containing leucite; as, leucitic rocks..

Amphigene :: Amphigene (n.) Leucite.

Leucite :: Leucite (n.) A leucoplast.

Random Fonts

Most Popular