Definition of Nephelites

1. nephelite [n] - See also: nephelite

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nephelites

nepetalactone
nepetas
neph
nephalism
nephalist
nephelauxetic
nepheligenous
nepheline
nephelines
nephelinic
nephelinite
nephelinites
nephelinitic
nephelite
nephelites (current term)
nephelococcygia
nephelodometer
nephelometer
nephelometers
nephelometric
nephelometric turbidity unit
nephelometrically
nephelometries
nephelometry
nephelometry and turbidimetry
nephew
nephew-in-law
nephewless
nephews

Literary usage of Nephelites

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

1. A Treatise on Metamorphism by Charles Richard Van Hise (1904)
"... nephelites, etc. From the plagioclases many of the zeolites are produced. The following may be regarded as derived from anorthite: Thomsonite, ..."

2. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences by Washington Academy of Sciences (1915)
"Comparison with other nephelites of determined composition is made in Table 1. The refractive indices are considerably lower than have been observed in ..."

3. Biographical Memoirs by National Academy Of Sciences, National Academy of Sciences Staff, Caroline K. McEuen (1980)
"The sodium-potassium nephelites. Am. J. Sci., 43:115-32. b. The problem of the anorthosites. J. Geol., 25:209-43. c. Adirondack intrusives. ..."

4. A Century of Science in America: With Special Reference to the American by Edward Salisbury Dana, Charles Schuchert (1918)
"... the sodium-potassium nephelites. V. Five components: Si02-Al203-MgO-CaO-Na20: the ternary system diopside-anorthite-albite (haplo-basal- tic and ..."

5. Igneous Rocks: Composition, Texture and Classification, Description and by Joseph Paxson Iddings (1913)
"Potassium is commonly present in variable amounts, and calcium is in small amounts in some nephelites. Differences in composition should show themselves in ..."

6. Rock Minerals: Their Chemical and Physical Characters and Their by Joseph Paxson Iddings (1911)
"1. and anhedral nephelites are nearly equant, irregularly shaped crystals without characteristic forms. They are more common in the ..."

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