Definition of Melilites

1. melilite [n] - See also: melilite

Lexicographical Neighbors of Melilites

melibiases
melibiose
melibiose permease
melibioses
melic
melicera
melicerous
melicitose
melicotoon
melicotoons
melics
melik
meliks
melilite
melilites (current term)
melilot
melilotic
melilotic acid
melilots
melilotus
meline
melinite
melinites
melioidosis
melioidotic
meliorate
meliorated
meliorater
meliorates

Literary usage of Melilites

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

1. Biographical Memoirs by National Academy Of Sciences, National Academy of Sciences Staff, Caroline K. McEuen (1980)
"The presence of melilites is accounted for by the reaction of diopside with nepheline, and the olivine lamprophyres are the product of the interaction of an ..."

2. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1894)
"In the thin section, clear, colorless melilites, with rounded outlines and olive-green grains of augite are seen to lie in an opaque granular ..."

3. Bulletin by Geological Survey (U.S.) (1916)
"In fact melilites are mostly negative, though occasionally a positive one is seen. melilites which are almost isotropic have also been described. ..."

4. Journal of Applied Microscopy by Bausch & Lomb Optical Company (1901)
"Author's investigations on artificially prepared melilites do not prove the existence ... Different artificial melilites are described, all having positive ..."

5. The Willow Creek District, Alaska by Stephen Reid Capps (1915)
"In fact melilites are mostly negative, though occasionally a positive one is seen. melilites which are almost isotropic have also been described. ..."

6. A Summary of Progress in Petrography. in 1887-1896 by William Shirley Bayley, William Herbert Hobbs (1893)
"In the thin section, clear, colorless melilites, with rounded outlines and olive-green grains of augite are seen to lie in an opaque granular groundmass in ..."

7. The Natural History of Igneous Rocks by Alfred Harker (1909)
"Vogt's graphical representation of the results is reproduced in Fig. 69. The melilites, being regarded as isomorphous mixtures of ..."

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