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- Ancient Greek · derived fromτεφρῖτις
- Latin · derived fromtephrītis
- English todaytephrite
From Latin tephrītis and Ancient Greek τεφρῖτις (tephrîtis). By surface analysis, tephro- + -ite.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
tephrite
Today it means: An igneous rock consisting essentially of plagioclase and either leucite or nephelite, or both. Full definition →
Latin tephrītis ← Ancient Greek τεφρῖτις