Umptekite
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Umptekite is a noun meaning (mineralogy) A syenitic rock consisting of microperthite, arfvedsonite, aegirine and, possibly, nepheline.
Meaning
(mineralogy) A syenitic rock consisting of microperthite, arfvedsonite, aegirine and, possibly, nepheline.
Example Sentences
The rock-mass in which this umptekite form of hornblende occurs may therefore be called umptekite gabbro.
There Strauss & Truter record a gradual transition from the white umptekite (fenite) to a pulaskitic rock with nepheline.
The Beverly syenite includes the alkaline syenites of Beverly, Manchester, Salem, and Marblehead, comprising pulaskites and umptekites.
Word Forms
- umptekites
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include evenkite, arakawaite, ytterite, unakite, yttrocrasite, miaskite.
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