Foyalite
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Foyalite is a noun meaning (mineralogy) A fine-grained Plutonic syenite made up of orthoclase, nepheline, hornblende, and accessory mica, sodalite, zircon, noselite, and pyroxene.
Meaning
(mineralogy) A fine-grained Plutonic syenite made up of orthoclase, nepheline, hornblende, and accessory mica, sodalite, zircon, noselite, and pyroxene.
Example Sentences
[…] while foyalite is an almost pure iron-chrysolite.
Thin section photograph of foyalite (peralkaline phonolite) from Sevrano ki Dhani.
The free energy remains negative throughout the whole temperature range, indicating that the association forstorite + ilmenite is thermodynamically more stable than foyalite + geikielite.
Word Forms
- foyalites
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include foyaite, foidolite, felsite, syenite, granulite, microcline.
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