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White or gray mineral
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leucite
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Leucite is a rock -forming mineral composed of potassium and aluminium tectosilicate K[AlSiO]. Crystals have the form of cubic icositetrahedra but, as first observed by Sir David Brewster in 1821, they are not optically isotropic, and are therefore pseudo-cubic. ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Leucite \Leu"cite\ (l[=u]"s[imac]t), n. [Gr. leyko`s white: cf. F. leucite.] (Min.) A mineral having a glassy fracture, occurring in translucent trapezohedral crystals. It is a silicate of alumina and potash KAlSi2O6 . It is found in the volcanic rocks ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (label en mineralogy) A mineral of silica-poor igneous, plutonic and volcanic rocks. Chemically, leucite is a potassium feldspar with insufficient silica to satisfy the chemical bonds. Because of the unfilled bonds, leucite weathers rapidly and can ...
Usage examples of leucite.
The flows from Kibo include nepheline and leucite basanite lavas rich in soda felspars.