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Definition of Syenite
1. n. Orig., a rock composed of quartz, hornblende, and feldspar, anciently quarried at Syene, in Upper Egypt, and now called granite.
Definition of Syenite
1. Noun. (geology) An igneous rock composed of feldspar and hornblende ¹
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Definition of Syenite
1. an igneous rock [n -S] : SYENITIC [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Syenite
Literary usage of Syenite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1897)
"The composition of the basic end member of the quartz-augite-syenite nepheline
syenite series as calculated by Brogger is shown in (III). ..."
2. Elements of Chemical and Physical Geology by Gustav Bischof (1859)
"constituents as syenite, and nearly in the same proportions. Moreover, syenite
passes into hornblende-slate, and hence it cannot be supposed that this rock ..."
3. Stones for Building and Decoration by George Perkins Merrill (1903)
"Thus we may have mica syenite (minette), hornblende syenite, augite syenite,
etc.* (2) LOCALITIES OF syenite. At the present time syenites are but little ..."
4. A Treatise on Rocks, Rock-weathering and Soils by George Perkins Merrill (1897)
"THE syenite-TRACHYTE GROUP This group stands next to that of the granites in
point of acidity, from which it differs mainly in the lack of free silica ..."
5. Stones for Building and Decoration by George Perkins Merrill (1903)
"Thus we may have mica syenite (minette), hornblende syenite, augite syenite,
etc.* (2) LOCALITIES OF syenite. At the present time syenites are but little ..."
6. Metamorphic Geology: A Text-book by Charles Kenneth Leith, Warren Judson Mead (1915)
"Bauxite deposits occurring on the syenite surface have developed in situ from
the syenite. The deposits developed in situ from the syenite show evidence of ..."
7. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1897)
"The composition of the basic end member of the quartz-augite-syenite nepheline
syenite series as calculated by Brogger is shown in (III). ..."
8. Elements of Chemical and Physical Geology by Gustav Bischof (1859)
"constituents as syenite, and nearly in the same proportions. Moreover, syenite
passes into hornblende-slate, and hence it cannot be supposed that this rock ..."
9. Stones for Building and Decoration by George Perkins Merrill (1903)
"Thus we may have mica syenite (minette), hornblende syenite, augite syenite,
etc.* (2) LOCALITIES OF syenite. At the present time syenites are but little ..."
10. A Treatise on Rocks, Rock-weathering and Soils by George Perkins Merrill (1897)
"THE syenite-TRACHYTE GROUP This group stands next to that of the granites in
point of acidity, from which it differs mainly in the lack of free silica ..."
11. Stones for Building and Decoration by George Perkins Merrill (1903)
"Thus we may have mica syenite (minette), hornblende syenite, augite syenite,
etc.* (2) LOCALITIES OF syenite. At the present time syenites are but little ..."
12. Metamorphic Geology: A Text-book by Charles Kenneth Leith, Warren Judson Mead (1915)
"Bauxite deposits occurring on the syenite surface have developed in situ from
the syenite. The deposits developed in situ from the syenite show evidence of ..."
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