Meanings
nounmelanephelinite (countable and uncountable, plural melanephelinites)
plural melanephelinites
- countableuncountablegeographyA dark nephelinite.
Seven samples from monchiquite dykes analysed chemically by Upton et al. (1992), including trace elements and, for three rocks, Sr and Nd isotope data, were classified on chemical grounds as olivine melanephelinite […]
2019, A. R. Woolley, Alkaline Rocks and Carbonatites of the World (part 4, page 450)
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