Definition of Syenites

1. syenite [n] - See also: syenite

Lexicographical Neighbors of Syenites

sycophantizing
sycophantly
sycophantry
sycophants
sycoses
sycosis
syderolite
sydnone
sydnones
sye
syed
syege
syeing
syen
syenite
syenites (current term)
syenitic
syens
syes
sygh
syght
syghts
syh
syke
syker
sykes
syl-
syle
syles
sylfaen

Literary usage of Syenites

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Igneous Rocks: Composition, Texture and Classification, Description and by Joseph Paxson Iddings (1913)
"Distinct potash-alkali-syenites are extremely rare, and the same is true of aphanitic equivalents. Soda-potash- syenites are more numerous and are ..."

2. Petrology for Students: An Introduction to the Study of Rocks Under the by Alfred Harker (1908)
"In many syenites, however, the order of crystallization is modified by ... In the syenites which depart farthest in this respect from the commoner types of ..."

3. A Handbook of Rocks, for Use Without the Microscope by James Furman Kemp (1900)
"The syenites mark a decrease in SiO2 from the granites and a general increase in all the bases. The high percentage of alkalies is especially worthy of ..."

4. A Handbook of Rocks: For Use Without the Microscope by James Furman Kemp (1896)
"The syenites mark a decrease in SiO2 from the granites and a general increase in all the bases The high percentage of alkalies is especially worthy of ..."

5. A Handbook of Rocks: For Use Without the Microscope by James Furman Kemp (1896)
"The syenites mark a decrease in SiO2 from the granites and a general increase in all the bases The high percentage of alkalies is especially worthy of ..."

6. What Rome was Built with: A Description of the Stones Employed in Ancient by Mary Winearls Porter (1907)
"It was also known as Lapis syenites. The employment of granite in Egypt was evidently not so extensive as one is generally led to suppose; that is, ..."

7. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"In Canada a belt of corundum-bearing syenites ... and related alkaline syenites), associ- atod with the ..."

8. The School of Mines Quarterly by Columbia University School of Chemistry (1896)
"Typical syenites have orthoclase and hornblende; those with biotite are called ... Mica syenites in dikes, basic and of dark color have been called minette. ..."

9. Igneous Rocks: Composition, Texture and Classification, Description and by Joseph Paxson Iddings (1913)
"Distinct potash-alkali-syenites are extremely rare, and the same is true of aphanitic equivalents. Soda-potash- syenites are more numerous and are ..."

10. Petrology for Students: An Introduction to the Study of Rocks Under the by Alfred Harker (1908)
"In many syenites, however, the order of crystallization is modified by ... In the syenites which depart farthest in this respect from the commoner types of ..."

11. A Handbook of Rocks, for Use Without the Microscope by James Furman Kemp (1900)
"The syenites mark a decrease in SiO2 from the granites and a general increase in all the bases. The high percentage of alkalies is especially worthy of ..."

12. A Handbook of Rocks: For Use Without the Microscope by James Furman Kemp (1896)
"The syenites mark a decrease in SiO2 from the granites and a general increase in all the bases The high percentage of alkalies is especially worthy of ..."

13. A Handbook of Rocks: For Use Without the Microscope by James Furman Kemp (1896)
"The syenites mark a decrease in SiO2 from the granites and a general increase in all the bases The high percentage of alkalies is especially worthy of ..."

14. What Rome was Built with: A Description of the Stones Employed in Ancient by Mary Winearls Porter (1907)
"It was also known as Lapis syenites. The employment of granite in Egypt was evidently not so extensive as one is generally led to suppose; that is, ..."

15. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"In Canada a belt of corundum-bearing syenites ... and related alkaline syenites), associ- atod with the ..."

16. The School of Mines Quarterly by Columbia University School of Chemistry (1896)
"Typical syenites have orthoclase and hornblende; those with biotite are called ... Mica syenites in dikes, basic and of dark color have been called minette. ..."

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