English Explanatory Dictionary

leucite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.
  2. A leucoplast.

Pronunciation

/ˈlusaɪt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-leucite.wav

Word forms

leucite leucites

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λευκός (leukós, “white”) + -ite.

Derived words

ammonioleucite chloroleucite chromoleucite leucitic leucitite leucitoid pseudoleucite
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