Melanephelinite
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
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Noun
- 1 A dark nephelinite. countable, uncountable
"Seven samples from monchiquite dykes analysed chemically by Upton et al. (1992), including trace elements and, for three rocks, Sr and Nd isotope data, were classified on chemical grounds as olivine melanephelinite […]"
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More examples"Seven samples from monchiquite dykes analysed chemically by Upton et al. (1992), including trace elements and, for three rocks, Sr and Nd isotope data, were classified on chemical grounds as olivine melanephelinite […]"
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