Definition of Tephrite

1. n. An igneous rock consisting essentially of plagioclase and either leucite or nephelite, or both.

Definition of Tephrite

1. Noun. (geology) An igneous rock consisting essentially of plagioclase and either leucite or nephelite, or both. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tephrite

1. a volcanic rock [n -S]

Medical Definition of Tephrite

1. An igneous rock consisting essentially of plagioclase and either leucite or nephelite, or both. Origin: Gr. Ashes. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tephrite

tepals
tepary bean
tepas
tepe
tepee
tepeelike
tepees
tepefaction
tepefied
tepefies
tepefy
tepefying
tephra
tephramancy
tephras
tephrite (current term)
tephrites
tephritic
tephritid
tephritids
tephroite
tephromalacia
tephrosia
tephrosias
tephrosin
tephrylometer
tepid
tepidaria
tepidarium
tepidariums

Literary usage of Tephrite

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

1. Manual of Lithology: Treating of the Principles of the Science with Special by Edward Higginson Williams (1895)
"NEPHELINE-tephrite A generally fine-crystalline to compact (but sometimes coarse crystalline-granular and porous) groundmass, sometimes basaltic, ..."

2. Manual of Lithology: Treating of the Principles of the Science with Special by Edward Higginson Williams (1895)
"NEPHELINE-tephrite A generally fine-crystalline to compact (but sometimes coarse crystalline-granular and porous) groundmass, sometimes basaltic, ..."

3. The Roman Comagmatic Region by Henry Stephens Washington (1906)
"In the prevailing systems the name of leucite-tephrite-obsidian is undoubtedly ... -tephrite, Scala Type]. Megascopic characters.—This type is porphyritic, ..."

4. Igneous Rocks: Composition, Texture and Classification, Description and by Joseph Paxson Iddings (1913)
"Some other varieties of leucite-tephrite in Central Italy are so low in normative ... Leucite-tephrite occurs in a number of localities in Bohemia, ..."

5. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"Cooper, Power of Harmony, i. tephrite (tef'rit), «. ... Cf. tephrite.] A silicate of manganese of an ash-gray or reddish color, commonly occurring in ..."

6. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1896)
"The phonolitic tephrite is characterized by the presence of ... In the andesitic tephrite, which is the most basic variety, the porphyritic augite has an ..."

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