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LEUCITOPHYRE [2 records]

Record 1 2012-01-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
DEF

A volcanic rock... equivalent to leucitophyre or nephelinite for rocks that are rich in haüyne and nosean.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
DEF

[Lave de la famille des ijolites] à néphéline et augite, avec ou sans olivine, avec des phénocristaux [...] d'haüyne [...]

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-11-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
  • Vulcanology and Seismology
DEF

A variety of leucitite characterized by leucite phenocrysts and essentially composed of leucite, nepheline and clinopyroxene.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
  • Volcanologie et sismologie
DEF

Roche magmatique effusive à leucite [...]

Spanish

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