NEPHELINITE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nephelinite mean? 

• NEPHELINITE (noun)
  The noun NEPHELINITE has 1 sense:

1. an igneous rock consisting of nepheline and pyroxene

  Familiarity information: NEPHELINITE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NEPHELINITE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An igneous rock consisting of nepheline and pyroxene

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("nephelinite" is a kind of...):

mineral (solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition)

Meronyms (substance of "nephelinite"):

nepheline; nephelite (a whitish mineral consisting of sodium aluminum silicate or potassium aluminum silicate in crystalline form; used in the manufacture of ceramics and enamels)

pyroxene (any of a group of crystalline silicate mineral common in igneous and metamorphic rocks)