Definitions For Leucite

Noun

LEUCITE. (countable and uncountable, plural LEUCITEs) (mineral) A mineral of silica-poor igneous, plutonic and volcanic rocks. Chemically, leucite is a potassium feldspar with insufficient silica to satisfy the chemical bonds. Because of the unfilled bonds, leucite weathers rapidly and can only be seen as inclusions in freshly broken rock. (botany) A leucoplast.

Derived terms

{{der3, en, ammonioleucite, pseudoleucite}}

Translations

Catalan: leucita, f Finnish: leusiitti French: leucite, f Spanish: leucita, f

Etymology

from (ancient greek)  λευκός + + white + ite. image:leucite in rock w- nepheline potassium aluminum silicate albano hills italy 1927.jpg, thumb, leucite crystals in a rock

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