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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
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Definition of Tephrite
1. a volcanic rock [n -S]
Medical Definition of Tephrite
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Tephrite
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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