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LEUCITE PHONOLITE [1 record]

Record 1 2011-10-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
  • Petrography
DEF

An extrusive rock composed of alkali feldspar, mafic minerals, and leucite.

OBS

According to Rosenbusch, [a leucite phonolite is] a volcanic rock, the felsic minerals of which are leucite and orthoclase without nepheline.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
  • Pétrographie
DEF

[Phonolite] à leucite en phénocristaux.

CONT

«Les phonolithes» sont les équivalents des syénites non saturées à feldspathoïdes et l'on distingue les «phonolithes éléolithiques» (à néphéline) et les «phonolithes leucitiques».

OBS

Sans néphéline.

Key term(s)
  • phonolite leucitique
  • phonolite à leucite
  • phonolithe à leucite
  • leucophonolithe

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Mineralogía
  • Petrografía
DEF

Fonolita con fenocristales de leucita.

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