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Definition of Leucites
1. leucite [n] - See also: leucite
Lexicographical Neighbors of Leucites
Literary usage of Leucites
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Roman Comagmatic Region by Henry Stephens Washington (1906)
"In size the leucites vary much, though they are always microscopic, from 0.05 to
0.30 mm., some of the more irregular patches being larger than this last. ..."
2. A Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry and the Arts by William Nicholson (1808)
"This is the case with the leucites of the ancient lava of Viterbo ; and on the
piece in my possession there are several niches of ..."
3. The Journal of Geology by University of Chicago Department of Geology and Paleontology (1897)
"In thin sections these large leucites are seen to be perfectly clear, ...
Apart from the leucites only rare light green augite phenocrysts are seen, ..."
4. The European Journals of William Maclure by William Maclure, John S. Doskey (1988)
"None of the lava or even the rolled pieces are without the leucites. I made up
a case of specimens containing mostly the large ..."
5. Philosophical Transactions by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1804)
"... the necessity of imagining an undiscovered stratum abounding in leucites, ...
first to crystallize, the penetration of refractory leucites by fusible ..."
6. Philosophical Magazine (1805)
"filled with schorl; and those of Vesuvius, particularly the antient, contain
schorl and leucites in great numbers*. I shall make no mention of other ..."
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