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nephelite

nephelite


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Nepheline  \Neph"e*line\,  Nephelite  \Neph"e*lite\,  n.  [gr.  ? 
  cloud:  cf  F.  n['e]ph['e]line.  Cf  {Nebula}.]  (Min.) 
  A  mineral  occuring  at  Vesuvius,  in  glassy  agonal  crystals; 
  also  elsewhere,  in  grayish  or  greenish  masses  having  a  greasy 
  luster,  as  the  variety  el[ae]olite.  It  is  a  silicate  of 
  aluminia,  soda,  and  potash.