Meaning Of The Word Nephelinite

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nephelinite in American English
a grayish, fine-grained or porphyritic igneous rock composed mainly of nepheline and pyroxene
noun: a fine-grained, dark rock of volcanic origin, essentially a basalt containing nepheline but no feldspar and little or no olivine

nephelinite in British English
noun: a fine-grained basic laval rock consisting of pyroxene and nepheline

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